ROOTS & BRANCHES

Coming up in less than a month will be a conference catering to those with German ancestors in Maryland. That’s because the Mid-Atlantic German Society’s spring conference will feature Malissa Ruffner and Michael G. McCormick from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 18 at the Double Tree by Hilton in Laurel, Maryland. Ruffner worked as …

It’ll be just few months until “Roots & Branches” celebrates weekly column No. 1,000 and next year will mark 20 years of existence. I’ll save a bunch of nostalgia about the column itself for when it passes those milestones in due time. But right now I’m struck by the fact that – while the column …

One of the things that gets a genealogist through wintertime is thinking about spring conferences. Just a few weeks away is a free conference sponsored by the Friends of the Delaware Archives titled “Beyond Bare Bones, Building Your Skills” and featuring for presentations by Thomas W. Jones on March 4 at the Delaware Public Archives, …

There are a bunch of things in today’s world that seem to shrink – how far a dollar goes or that most elusive of concepts known as “spare time.” But this installment of “Roots & Branches” is all about expansions. In a few columns last year, we’ve talked about the partnership organization putting together a …