Over the weekend St. Louis County Library shared a link to their Digital Archives  on social media. It's been around since March, but I ...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.  After a long hiatus, I continue m...

I’ve written before about a conundrum between records uncovered and family lore in my Blatyta/Blatt line. I’ve uncovered a possible explana...

Timelines can be a great tool. They can illustrate what records have been obtained, and what might be missing. Gaps of knowledge can sometim...

I haven't posted in awhile, but there are several entries in my drafts folder, which I will finish editing.. Recently I went in search f...

I've written a few times about my Van Every ancestors ties to slavery. The Labors of Hercules Myndert Frederickse and Hercules The Labor...

 April 23-29 is National Library Week in the United States In 2010 , 2012 ,  2015 , and 2019  I looked at the value of my St. Louis County L...