No Need to Duck — It’s a Golf-free Day at the Octagon
Sunday, October 19 from 1:00-5:00 is Open House at the Octagon at the Newark Earthworks. This is one of only …
Category Archives: history
Funding for Presidential Records
This news release was passed my way this morning. I’m always encouraged when governments fund preservation of historical records. On …
The New Historical Scholarship
For a long time now, it has been said that historians do not value genealogy, choosing instead to focus on …
So Many Records… So Little Time
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I’m behind in posting Tombstone Tuesdays. In fact, I’m behind in …
Tombstone Tuesday: Chief Black Hoof
This week’s Tombstone Tuesday features a tombstone (or, more properly, a cenotaph) of a man you’ve probably never heard of …
Waxing Nostalgic and a Seriously Cool Bag
What do we think about the past? That might seem like an odd question for genealogists, but I think it …
Milestone!
I hit a Waymarking milestone today — my 100th approved Waymark! The honor (such as it is) goes to Second …
More military resources
From the latest issue of Genealogy Gems, published by the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort …
Celebrating Ohio’s Bicentennial
After reading the title of this post, those of you familiar with Ohio history might be thinking, “Amy, you’re 5 …
Action needed on Preserving the American Historical Record act
From the Records Preservation and Access Committee website: Congressmen Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Chris Cannon (R-UT) have issued a “dear …
