Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog

There's still something cruelly tempting about an inadequately labeled box of microfilm! For those who don't recall my previous po...

Several admonitions are echoing in my mind from the Indiana Genealogical Society's day-long conference in Fort Wayne; other attendees...

Things I wouldn't know about if I hadn't attended the annual IGS seminar in Fort Wayne Friday the 27th: * the pros, cons, and pote...

Successful corporations like Southwest Airlines say it; moribund dinosaurs like Sears say it too, because it's true: "Thank you for...

Blogs, as the original name ("weblog") suggests, primarily discuss other blogs, web sites, and social media. Few genealogy blogs f...

Family History Library microfilms are not for sale, but local Family History Centers often have individual microfilms on “indefinite loan....

More than a quarter of the current 64-page Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly is given over to letters describing northern Illin...