June 22nd, 2009
I Try to Kiss & Make Up with Caddo’s Clerk
Awhile ago, in a fit of technologically self-righteous pique, I vented my spleen over the process to access Caddo Parish, Louisiana, records online. Perhaps I was too harsh. Less than a week ago, I sent to Caddo Parish by snail mail a request for some certified copies of certain records. Today, I have the records in my hands and have …
June 22, 2009 Monday at 7:24 pm
Louisiana Death Records at FamilySearch.org
Among the newly released records at FamilySearch’s Record Search are death records for Louisiana. This thrilled me, of course, for two reasons. First, we’ve been doing the brickwall series focused on the Gines family in Louisiana. Ironically, when the FamilySearch records were posted, I had just sent off to the Louisiana Secretary of State a request for copies of certified …
June 22, 2009 Monday at 7:08 pm
Jamboree: Coming This Weekend!
The 40th Annual Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree commences Friday, June 26, 2009 at the airport Marriott in Burbank. This is the largest genealogical convention on the west coast. And this year’s event will be great! The are 55 speakers, nearly 100 lectures and lots of special events. For example, on Friday, Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D, of the acclaimed PBS series, …
June 22, 2009 Monday at 2:35 pm
