Finding dead people

A Genealogist is someone who knows more about ancestors who died more than 100 years ago than their neighbors. At least that’s what the T-shirt says.
Glyn went with me the 5 hours north to Ft Wayne, IN home of the Allen County Public Library and 2nd largest genealogy library in the US. It’s huge, and I was really unprepared!
They have a large room for family histories, next to a larger room with books on every county in every state. Then there’s the media room with newspapers and magazines from all over. It’s an amazing resource. So nice to see a name mentioned in an index then go pull the book and read the details to find more facts for the tree.
While I didn’t find more details on the specific person I was researching, I found immigration records for about 15 ancestors and learned some new research techniques. So a few days well spent.
Be nice to your descendants and leave a well documented and highly legible research trail!Baca selengkapnya