I believe that everybody with a strong interest in genealogy should attend one or more events a year. Whether it is a small gathering from your own local society or a big event like RootsTech (Salt Lake City), MyHeritage Live (this year in Amsterdam) or THE Genealogy Show (United Kingdom), all events give you the […]
From the moment I began to explore the history of her family, my grandmother Martha Jansen née Snoeren invariably said every time I discussed a namesake with her, “Oh, but that’s not a member of our family.” She would say the same over and over again, even though I was able to show her quite […]
Last February, I visited Salt Lake City for the first time in my life. For many years I had heard about the import role the LDS church plays in the genealogy world and I had worked with FamilySearch, as this website also offers many records from the Netherlands. A couple of years ago I learned […]