Review and Organize You probably collected a lot of information while you were travelling. Take the time to sort pictures, photocopies, artifacts, and other things you have learned or acquired during your trip. Your future self will thank you for having the information handy in whatever filing and organizing system you have. Photo by Anete … Continue reading Genealogy Travel Tips (Part 4): When You Get Back
Part 3 of this genealogy travel tip series is about what to do while in the place you've traveled to.
Part 2 of my tips for genealogy travel. This week is planning your genealogy trip.
Here are some tips for your genealogy trip. In part 1 of this four part series, learn things to do before you even start planning trip logistics.
This week, I made a quick trip to visit family in South Carolina. We had a few hours to go do something and I realized that we were just 45 minutes from the cemetery when James Holden is buried. My dad was a good sport and drove us out to Buffalo, Cherokee, South Carolina, while … Continue reading I Found Him!
I first met Mrs. McLeery in the diary of James Black, proprietor of the Randalstown cotton mills in County Antrim, Ireland, and a merchant of Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Black was tangentially connected to my ancestors in Augusta, Georgia. The following entry from 31 August 1841 caught my attention because of Mrs. McCleery's nephew: Attended … Continue reading In Search of Mrs. McCleery
My Pritchard and Wright lines have a history in County Cork that may have started in the late 17th century. Several of my ancestors appear to have benefited from Williamite Wars, obtaining land confiscated from Irish landowners that was sold or given to mostly English Protestants. The Pritchards and Wrights thrived as farmers and tradesmen, … Continue reading County Cork
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