Today I met a cousin of mine. We met at the Seattle Public Library. Although we had originally planned to meet on the University of Washington campus, I happened to be downtown for a morning meeting, so we met up on the ninth floor of the spacious central library. The main genealogy collection is on [...]
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Roughly 3,500 years ago, folding chairs remarkably similar to ones found in Egypt suddenly became must-have items in parts of northern Europe. . . . Tutankhamen‘s tomb included two of these folding chairs, one made of ebony with ivory inlays. In a few weeks I am heading to the King Tut exhibit at Pacific Science Center [...]
On May 1 I gave a presentation on German genealogy research, a sort of introduction to it and my experiences, including several useful sites. One attendee sent me a nice, little note the other day. Thanks for the great class regarding German history and family research ideas. . . . I must admit that your [...]
A Frenchman is suing Google over a Street View photo of him. The news story led me to a collection of Street View images. I have cut the number down to my personal favorites. ajh
Yesterday I discovered a few books on the for sale shelves at the local library. Among the ones I snatched up was a postcard folio book of Ansel Adams photographs of the American Southwest. It was printed in 1999. Thumbing through the shots, I picked three to send: to my grandmother, a cousin, and a [...]
I have taken a few trips to the local National Archives building recently. On Friday I began skimming through the catalog of materials that are available. I discovered one group, known as Record Group 242, that has a lot of German records, seized by the U.S. or other governments during and after World War II. [...]
A comic book-themed art show has opened in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Among the displays is a poster of Darth Vader inspired by the famous Uncle Sam “I Want You” recruitment posters from World War I and II. Another Star Wars favorite of mine is a poster encouraging young folks to join the Imperial Navy. ”Join the Imperial Navy. Enlist now.” [...]
Today I visited the Honoring Our History touring exhibit. It’s a big bus made into a museum about World War I. I’ve been waiting for awhile to check it out. It has been in Seattle and Vancouver during the past week. In Salem, the bus was parked in the main lot at Mission Mill, now [...]
I remembering reading on an ancestor’s land grant that a government office was located in Bucyrus, Ohio. Seeing a link to the Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum brought back some memories of a great website. It’s free and operated by the BLM, the Bureau of Land Management. It was known as the General Land Office (GLO). As the successor agency to [...]
