Author Archives: Helen V Smith

The RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City: Be There From Home!

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RootsTech is a conference (8-11 February) that combines technology and genealogy. Now it its seventh year it has highlighted many technological advancements, program changes, new applications for tablets and phones that can be used for genealogy, many classes teaching people how to use technology in their genealogy from using Google Earth to better scanning methods to DNA analysis to using Scrivener, Evernote, Excel and so much more. It is held in Salt Lake City, the genealogical mecca that has the … Continue reading

New Year, New Website

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Welcome to 2017, a New Year with lots of research possibilities and a brand new GSQ website!  Doesn’t it look good! I don’t like the term “New Year Resolutions” as there are so many negative connotations with those words. This is because so many people make them and they don’t last the distance.  I do like the idea of setting some goals. One of the problems is to set attainable goals and Amy Johnson Crow has written a great post … Continue reading

New Information on English and Welsh Indexes

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The recent announcement (4 November 2016) by the General Register Office of England and Wales of the addition to their index information will make many genealogists rub their hands with glee especially those of us with common surnames. Previously the site has been a bit clunky. We have generally gotten the index information from a variety of places (various pay sites, FreeBMD or even from microfiche or film) and entered them to order our certificates. When I have been in … Continue reading

It Is a Great Time to be Irish!

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For many years if you mentioned you had Irish research the other person said how sorry they were for you as “everything had burned”. While it is true that many records of great use to family historians were destroyed in the Four Courts Fire, it is not true that everything was destroyed. Over the last number of years more records have been digitised and placed online including the 1901 and 1911 censuses. (Sadly only fragments of previous censuses have not … Continue reading

Dates on the Calendar are Closer than You Think!

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Now I don’t want to stress anyone and time always goes so much faster that we think.   Really I am not trying to stress anyone but now is the time to start thinking if you are planning any Genealogy Guerrilla Action this year. Christmas and family gatherings are an ideal time for Genealogy Guerrilla Action, where you can sneak family history into the activity without being obvious and having their eyes glaze over. It can take time to get … Continue reading