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05/04/2026

05/04/2026

Had a splendid time at Ohio Genealogical Society's annual conference this week near Cincinnati. I hope, if you are in the region, you will make plans for the 2027 conference. It will once more be held in Sharonville.

My presentations included a two-hour workshop, "Thinking Genealogically;" and three standard lectures.

It was a great week filled with lots of laughs. Billie Stone Fogarty Paul Milner Elissa Scalise Powell Deborah Lichtner Deal

02/06/2026

Now accesible for a week before it goes behind the paywall....

An overview of home resources and outreach to family members whose memories and insights can help start the process off right—how things on a bookshelf or a...

01/20/2026

Planning for the release of 1960's census?

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/winter/1960-census.html?fbclid=IwVERDUAPbpp1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5hmiVaQrATqdjQ4pexTlc3Z7pRxIiIFt7JTcnUGEfjgBR_0TCrAN3BX1bS_g_aem_rstkor3WeaS2c3ZZUhpVnQ

Winter 2000, Vol. 32, No. 4 | Genealogy Notes By Margaret O. Adams and Thomas E. Brown "The United States is in danger of losing its memory," declared the 1985 Report of the Committee on the Records of Government. 1 It asserted that "governments—federal, state, and local—already have lost contro...

01/10/2026

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01/02/2026

01/01/2026

One of my favorite renditions

For old times' sake, we'll raise a drink
And if those days should be forgot, we'll raise a glass to you.

Auld Lang Syne - One Man Choir - Julien Neel ► I SELL LEARNING TRACKS : http://julienneel.com ► GET MY ALBUM: http://trudbol.bandcamp.com ► FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/trudbolmusic Here's Trudbol's one man choir version of the old Scots classic "Auld Lang Syne, sung a ca****la. You'll se...

12/30/2025

The death of Brigitte Bardot necessitated the update of this marvelous chart. Only three people mentioned in Billy Joel's banger "We Didn't Start The Fire" are still alive. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1pxp8ly/oc_with_brigitte_bardots_passing_3_people_in_we/