This whole week feels like mayhem to me so I'm going to forgo the tale of one of my misbehaving ancestors and share a little of what is creating my mayhem.
Mainly it's my volunteer work with the local genealogical society (Fairfax Genealogical Society). We have just completed our annual Spring Conference. This was the first year we held it over two days and it went quite well. We're a bit behind on our speaker selections for next year and we need to nail all of the details down so we can advertise. This weekend several members are attending the MAGS Conference and we're hoping they can take some flyers about next year's programs but we have to get them done first!
Next week is the annual Genealogy Fair at the National Archives in D.C. We'll have a table there with assorted information about our programs next year. If you're in the D.C. area, this is a free event. This is the first year they're holding it over two days.
Hopefully everyone already knows about the NGS Conference in the States coming up in May in Raleigh, NC. My husband and I are both really looking forward to this. We always enjoy the national conferences but we lived in Raleigh prior to moving here and are looking forward to the chance to see some friends we haven't seen in four years!
Preparing materials for all these events always keeps me busy this time of year. Unfortunately I'm just a little farther behind than in the past.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
New Records at Footnote.com
I'm really excited to see these new records at footnote.com...
The Guion Miller Roll Applications (NARA microfilm M1104, footnote.com calls this the "Eastern Cherokee Applications") has just been released and is slowly being added (the index and additional documentation is already complete, footnote.com calls this the "Guion Miller Roll"). Back in October or November I realized these applications were probably the source for much of the Patterson family information I had seen but been unable to verify. After living within a short distance of NARA for over 3 years I went downtown and broke through my biggest brickwall. I had given up finiding direct documentation by that point so I was almost overwhelmed when there it was in black and white in front of me. At the same time I felt very silly for practically sitting on this information for 3 years. These applications have provided documentation for other brickwalls (and built onto at least one) so I'm thrilled at the possibility of being able to search them electronically. Who knows what else I will find in them.
The Guion Miller Roll Applications (NARA microfilm M1104, footnote.com calls this the "Eastern Cherokee Applications") has just been released and is slowly being added (the index and additional documentation is already complete, footnote.com calls this the "Guion Miller Roll"). Back in October or November I realized these applications were probably the source for much of the Patterson family information I had seen but been unable to verify. After living within a short distance of NARA for over 3 years I went downtown and broke through my biggest brickwall. I had given up finiding direct documentation by that point so I was almost overwhelmed when there it was in black and white in front of me. At the same time I felt very silly for practically sitting on this information for 3 years. These applications have provided documentation for other brickwalls (and built onto at least one) so I'm thrilled at the possibility of being able to search them electronically. Who knows what else I will find in them.
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