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    • National Archives NARA I Orientation with Bernice Bennett

    January 27, 2012

    Bernice Bennett, host of the Research at the National Archives and Beyond radio show on BlogTalkRadio.com, joined me on The Forget-Me-Not Hour last week. She gave a great introduction to NARA I, also known as Archives I,  in Washington DC, telling us what to expect when you arrive, what items to bring with you (and [...]

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    New York County Clerks and Their Records

    January 11, 2012

    Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack joined me on The Forget-Me-Not Hour last week. She shared so much information about county clerks in New York state, including telling us for what records a county clerk is responsible. These include the filing of deeds and mortgages, passport applications, copies of military enlistment and discharge papers (something that [...]

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    Hereditary Societies and Sandra MacLean Clunies

    December 22, 2011

    This week on The Forget-Me-Not Hour: Your Ancestors Want Their Stories to Be Told, Sandra MacLean Clunies talked about hereditary societies. It’s interesting how many different types of hereditary societies are out there–from lineage societies like Daughters of the American Revolution and Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain, to [...]

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    CSI, genealogy TV show and producer David Rambo

    December 12, 2011

    David Rambo, former producer of the hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS, joined me on “The Forget-Me-Not Hour” radio show this week. He talked about being a producer of the show and shared how accurate the science on the show is. In addition, David explained how a fictional TV show is developed. [...]

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    Mayflower Descendants, Ancestry, Genealogy and all things Pilgrims

    November 17, 2011

    Scott Andrew Bartley, former editor of the periodical The Mayflower Descendant, joined me on The Forget-Me-Not Hour last night. Drew talked about the Mayflower, the Pilgrims who came to America in 1620, and their descendants. An estimated 20 to 50 million people in the world today are descended from 26 families who were on board [...]

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    1911 New York State Capital and Library Fire

    November 10, 2011

    In 1911 the New York state capital in Albany burned, along with the New York state library that was housed inside. Most of the state library’s collection, which had been collected since 1818, was destroyed. The history of this devastating fire and of the New York state library has been captured in photos and has [...]

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    Community-wide Genealogy and Anthropology

    October 28, 2011

    Have you ever taken a community-wide approach to your genealogy? That’s what Helen Shaw recommends to help you in your search. Helen, a professional genealogist with degrees in anthropology, routinely uses her anthropology research skills in her genealogy work. This approach entails looking at your ancestor’s neighbors and community as a whole to figure out [...]

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    Chinese Genealogy and the One Family, One Child Policy

    October 14, 2011

    I just returned from a nine-day trip to China and found out a few interesting things about Chinese genealogy. In China, couples can have only one child–with a few exceptions. One is based on ethnicity and genealogy. My guide in Beijing was descended from the predominant ethnic group Han, and his wife was from the [...]

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    Using History to Place Your Ancestors in the Context of Their Times

    September 22, 2011

    Last week I was a guest on Geneabloggers Blog Talk Radio show with host Thomas MacEntee. Our topic was using history to place our ancestors in the context of their times. I had a ball on the show. I got to talk about what I love to do–finding out about the stories of the lives [...]

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    City Historian Edwin Ford of Kingston, N.Y.

    September 16, 2011

    Ever wonder what a city historian does? City of Kingston, N.Y.  historian Ed Ford joined me on The Forget-Me-Not Hour last week to tell us. New York state has mandated that each town and city have a historian. Some of them are paid and some are not. The guidelines for historians, interestingly, do no include [...]

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