Sharing the Results of the Genealogical Hunt!

We love tracking down our ancestors through online databases, in courthouses, and at county clerks’ offices and can easily spend hours and hours in the pursuit. In the process we uncover the details of our forebears’ lives—birth and death dates that tie them to a place, marriage records that tell us who some of their closest friends or family were, and census records that show us the makeup of their families. Digging a little deeper, we can also discover fascinating details about their occupations, their brushes with the law, whether they left their homeland to start over in a new location, and much more. DNA has taken genealogical research to a whole new level and provides another tool to break through those brick walls we all seem to have. We learn so much as we are pursuing our ancestors, it's wonderful to pay it forward to others. Jane Theissen, our StLGS Quarterly editor, hopes to inspire you to take the plunge into writing for our journal. Jane writes . . .

Spring Cleaning for Genealogy: Finding Homes for Your "Stuff"

What should you do with your "stuff"? We talk about it a lot, but it always bears repeating, especially as many of us are doing spring cleaning. Books, magazines, photos, maps, letterheads, where do they go if you are downsizing or thinking of the future? If you have willing family members who are into genealogy, the answer is probably easy, but what if you don’t? Where does the “stuff” go? We will try to help you with that question this week.