Category Archives: Miscellaneous Research

My Great Great Grandfather had a Brother?

I was researching in the new Halstead’s Mortuary database at familysearch.org tonight.  I never pass up a new database for San Francisco since records are few and far between. In an hour, I found exactly one family member. Matthew A. Kelly.  What I found didn’t add anything to what I already had. I decided to …

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Research Journal Year in Review

In June of 2008, I decided to take this blog in a new direction.  Instead of only exploring research problems, I opened it up to a much broader scope. Since then I’ve written many posts.  I’ve met up with a wonderful group of genealogy bloggers through the Genea Bloggers group on Facebook.  I participated in …

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My Genealogy New Year’s Resolutions

The latest Carnival of Genealogy is on New Year’s Resolutions.  What will be my research goals for the year?  What will be my blogging goals? Research Goals: 1.  I would like to get all the data on the folder on my desk and on my computer input into my database.  I have been working on …

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