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Family History Weekend Rachel and Miriam had a family history fireside this evening, after spending the last little while preparing for it. I think, in non-COVID times, that this activity would have played out a little differently than it did and would have ended up being more like a family history conference for the kids. But these are (still) COVID times so it was a virtual activity.  The girls were assigned to be prepared ready to discuss one of their ancestors in a small group meeting, so we spent some time helping them decide who to speak about. Rachel ended up choosing Louisa Walker, w...

ANCESTRY INVESTIGATIONS: Breaking through the proverbial 'brick wall' By Beverly Nield | Special to The News Herald The end of the line is reached on every branch of an ancestral tree eventually, and if you have reached back as far as the 1600s there is a feeling of satisfaction. What happens, however, if your brick wall occurs much closer in time to the present day, with no knowledge past a grandparent, for instance? Then the feeling is one of frustration. I was contacted recently by someone who could not find records of their maternal grandfather. Census records are released 72 years after ...