by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Feb 12, 2014 | Genetic Genealogy, News, Technology and Genealogy
If you are a genealogy geek like me, then you’ll want to tune into NPR’s On Point radio show tomorrow (Thursday, 2/13). The show is titled “Crowdsourcing and the New Genealogy Boom.” It was spurred by A.J. Jacobs’ recent article in the...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Jul 14, 2012 | News, professional genealogy
I bet you thought I gave up this blog, huh? Nope. I just needed a little time to mull things over. The truth is that over the past month I have made the transition away from teaching and into making my research business my full-time employment. This transition packed...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Apr 22, 2012 | News, Vermont Genealogy
Did you know that Vermont courts are closed one day each month? I didn’t. That is, I didn’t until I drove the better part of an hour to a probate district court to retrieve some probate files that a client wanted right away. The sun was shining warmly on...