tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post3560452415813262056..comments2024-03-28T07:54:47.193-04:00Comments on Climbing My Family Tree: Tuesday's Tip: Genealogy, Free or Fee, Part 5: Ask the Historian Marian B. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-37911049024684764302017-08-23T12:55:12.550-04:002017-08-23T12:55:12.550-04:00Linda and Sue, thanks for reading and commenting. ...Linda and Sue, thanks for reading and commenting. I completely agree that archives, historical centers, and similar institutions are under-used yet often have unique records!Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-79494920776851870772017-08-22T15:42:24.541-04:002017-08-22T15:42:24.541-04:00People these days think the Internet us the fount ...People these days think the Internet us the fount of knowledge, but Archive Centres hold vast offline resources that can add so much background information to researching ancestors. Mine in the Scottish Borders hold Poor Law records, school revirds, militia records, burgs and countynrecirds, records of societies etc etc. - fascinating stuff there. ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-7481721533944951972017-08-06T19:13:19.339-04:002017-08-06T19:13:19.339-04:00Historical centers and societies are a greatly und...Historical centers and societies are a greatly under-used resource. Your discovery makes me wish I had family in Oswego. It looks like they have a wonderful collection. Linda Stufflebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652044674485948749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-28393228376246727382017-03-21T17:46:52.315-04:002017-03-21T17:46:52.315-04:00Thanks, ladies, for reading and commenting. Years ...Thanks, ladies, for reading and commenting. Years ago, I had a friend in college at Oswego and she mentioned grabbing handrails around campus stay put the wind kicked up!Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-62763602689845603462017-03-21T16:35:40.142-04:002017-03-21T16:35:40.142-04:00Great tip! Oswego is a very cold area of our state...Great tip! Oswego is a very cold area of our state. My brother went to college there. He has many tales of the cold & snow.Colleen G. Brown Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402783115333431440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-45783523537855674712017-03-21T13:27:52.356-04:002017-03-21T13:27:52.356-04:00Ooh - I like this idea, especially for those upsta...Ooh - I like this idea, especially for those upstate New York towns where many of my lines traveled through in the 19th century!Elizabeth Handlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529452862369140506noreply@blogger.com