General Announcements
Stirpes June Issue
Ladies–half our family trees–require well over 50 percent of our genealogical effort. Sometimes it seems more like 99 percent. We all know it’s not their fault–the records are stacked against them. In spite of the challenges and brick walls, we still want to know more about these women, what their lives were like, who they … Read more
Episode #117 – Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC)
The Archives and Information Services Division (ARIS) of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is dedicated to preserving the documents and important records of Texas. With a collection exceeding 200 million pages of archival documents, only about 10 million are currently available digitally. This makes the physical library an essential destination for genealogists with … Read more
Stirpes March 2024
Solving genealogy problems requires a multi-pronged approach of seeking out new records, understanding the context of those records, and analyzing the information collected to illuminate new connections. As we move through those steps—seeking, understanding, and analyzing—we often discover that we need to gain deeper insights and improve our skills to solve the research challenge we’re … Read more
Episode #115 – East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University
Host: Susan Kaufman Guest: Linda Reynolds, Director, East Texas Research Center East Texas, and Nacogdoches in particular, has historically served as a gateway into Texas, an important point in the migration of Texas pioneers for over 150 years. The East Texas Research Center (ETRC) preserves the history of this region through manuscript materials, photographs, books, … Read more