ROOTS & BRANCHES

OK, so this is your last chance. Really. Truly. Your “Roots & Branches” columnist has devoted a number of columns to the all-virtual “Pennsylvania’s Genealogy Event” or PaGE, sponsored by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, which runs from this coming Saturday through Aug. 12. I’ve highlighted quite a number of features about this innovative event, …

With the just two weeks to go before the beginning of “Pennsylvania’s Genealogy Event,” this virtual get-together continues grow in unexpected directions. Event sponsor Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania reached out to those already registered to find out what topics to offer as “Gatherings,” which are less formal roundtables centering on anything from ancestral foods to …

The subject of “What do I do with all this research after I’m done with it?” is something that plagues genealogists from casual hobbyists to the most esteemed of professionals. Henry Z “Hank” Jones Jr. is among the latter. And while in my time in the smaller (and then larger) genealogy community, I’ve seen some …

First, the big news: Since the upcoming all-virtual “Pennsylvania’s Genealogy Event” has been swamped with registrations, sponsor Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania has extended the early bird discount pricing through next Saturday, July 15. But possibly the bigger news is how many features of the event, which will run on the highly interactive Whova event platform …

There are lot of things people don’t tell you when you begin doing your genealogy at age 24. They don’t tell you—although you soon find out—that you’ll likely be the youngest in the room (Maybe even for decades … in my case it was until I was in the presence of either Jeremy Lutz or …