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 | Aug 15, 2012 | Public Records Access, Vermont Genealogy, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration
Black sheep ancestors are often the most interesting. If your black sheep ancestor lived in nineteenth- or twentieth-century Vermont, they just got even more interesting. The Vermont State Archives and Records Administration (VSARA) recently accessioned records from...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | May 20, 2012 | iPad, professional genealogy, Technology and Genealogy
More and more, I am finding that my iPad is becoming an indispensable research tool. When I first started using it, I was wowed by all the cool apps I could use. But I’m surprised to discover that one of the things I love most about it is the way I can view...
