Find My Past: You still have two days to take advantage of FindMyPast's offer of free access to their Irish records. According to Maureen, they are offering this access to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Good luck if you have time to take a look. The offer is good through March 17.
March 14 Workshop: We had a chance to listen to examples of some of the writing group's efforts this week. Whitey reported on his breakthrough (with some help from Annie in Winnebago County) with the Fitscher name. Maureen shared her plans for writing for her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Nancy showed us the fictional history of her grandmother's French origins, complete with photographs of Lille during various periods of history.
We finished the evening by sharing some successes of the past season and providing comments on this year's presentations. Some items mentioned were the FamilySearch app for adding photos, discovery of an Australian branch of the family, a suggestion to include the FamilySearch ID number in your genealogy software program, using plat maps to solve a brick wall problem, and examples of different name spellings/changes.
Genealogy Club Library: We have two new books in our library. Grant Villetard has donated Forensic Genealogy, which discusses photo identification, analyzing vital records, and DNA. The other book explains the county record offices in Great Britain and how to locate records there. We also have a new collection of newsletters from the Germanic Genealogy Society in Minneapolis.
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