by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Sep 6, 2012 | My research projects, Uncategorized, Vermont Genealogy, Vermont Historical Society, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration
I start my client research projects with the best of intentions to stay on task, and within the budgeted hours. I’ve yet to accomplish this. Instead I usually find myself falling down one rabbit hole or another. (On my own dime, of course.) I was researching a...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | May 5, 2012 | My research projects, Public Records Access, Vermont Genealogy, Vermont Town Records
I’ve heard other researchers talk about being denied access to records, but I hadn’t encountered this myself. Until yesterday, that is. I was planning to drive to a local courthouse to search for 19th-century divorce records for a client, but after the...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Apr 20, 2012 | My research projects
Welcome! Thanks for stopping by to check out my first blog post. I’d like this blog to be a place for conversations about genealogy research in Vermont and beyond. I’ve been researching quite a few brick wall cases for clients with ancestors who lived in...