Wednesday, February 15, 2012

FHL research while at RootsTech 2012

Books at the FHL:
Matson
929.273 M429 - Matson, Thompson and Allied Lines, Compiled by Margaret R. Olsen Lemper, Moscow, Id, 1989.  Found nothing on my Matson's.

Michaels
929.273 M582h - loaned out
929.273 M582d - loaned out

Critchfield
929.273 B66bfa - The Boucher Family, Franklin A. Brinkhardt, Press of Frances E. Burkhardt, NYC, 1917. Took images, filed in Critchfield folder, found Norman Bruce, probable Uncle of Jesse

929.273 B66b - Genealogy of the Boucher Family from 1589-1995, Elie Boucher. Nothing

929.273 C869ca - Ancestors and life history of George and Melba Critchfield and family, George Abram Critchfield, Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, Ut., 1990. Nothing

Somerset
974.87 H2w - Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties Pa., Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884. Images filed in Critchfield folder,

Films at the FHL:

22054 -  Church Records - Index to Berlin Births 1776-1903, Somerset County, Pa. Vol. 1 and 2,  Images filed in   Didn't finish Vol 2.

3006 - Family History Manuscripts - Nothing

1036587, Item 4 - Early Somerset County, Frederick Doyle, Somerset, Pa, 1945, microfilmed book. Nothing

22055 - Church Records, Berlin Family Genealogies, Misc. Somerset County, Pa. Images - Thomas Atkinson, Baker, Landis, didn't take images but has many Bowman, Bittner, Miller, Saylor.

22068 - Misc Somerset Pa. Images filed in

22063 - Church Records Misc. Years, Somerset, Pa., No images but info on Bittner, Saylor, Landis, Miller

558479 - Will Index, Somerset County, Pa. 1795-1922. Images filed in

557977 - Assessment Rolls 1795-1811 Somerset County, Pa. Get these films.





Thursday, February 9, 2012

RootsTech Conference

Just back from RootsTech. Amazing conference. So much to learn it can be overwhelming, but really inspiring how much we can do with technology.