by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Aug 1, 2012 | Genealogical Education, Genealogical Institutes, Indirect evidence
I’ve had a few days now to recover from GRIP. Attendees of genealogical institutes will know what I mean when I say that it takes a while to come down from the high of spending an intense week isolated with fellow genealogists, immersed in learning new...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Jul 24, 2012 | Genealogical Education, Genealogical Institutes
Wow, my head is spinning. This is intense, but I love it. I love being challenged this way. It’s 9 pm and I have been in class or doing homework since 8:15 am. The morning began with a lecture from Dr. Tom Jones on “Transcribing, Abstracting, Extracting,...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Jul 23, 2012 | Genealogical Education, Genealogical Institutes
Arriving at registration on the La Roche College campus in Pittsburgh was like arriving at a family reunion. If you weren’t hugging someone, you were introducing yourself and asking where they were from. Picking up our dorm keys, swipe cards, notebooks, ID...
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...
