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My Trip to DC for FGS2019

August 18, 2019 jsheliga

I tried to do my best to prepare for my trip to Washington DC. I have been there a few…

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Posted in: FGS Filed under: Library of Congress, NARA, Washington DC

First Families of Pennsylvania (FFP) Application

August 15, 2019 jsheliga

One of the goals that I gave myself for this summer was to apply to join some lineage societies. I…

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Posted in: Lineage Societies, My Educational Plan, Organization Filed under: Birth, DAR, Death, Death Certificates, First Families of Pennsylvania, Lineage Societies, Marriage, Mayflower, Newspaper Article, Obituary, Organization, Samuel Harding

Cleaning up my Computer Folders

August 3, 2019 jsheliga

I watched a webinar today about researching railroad records and I wanted to write a blog about my 2nd great-grandpa,…

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Posted in: Organization Filed under: Charles Whittaker, Folders, NYCRR, Organization, Pedigree Chart, Railroad

My First Genealogy Institute

July 17, 2019 jsheliga

From June 24-28, I attended my first genealogy institute! The one I chose was the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh…

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Posted in: GRIP Filed under: BCG, Certificate, Citations, Elissa Scalise Powell, GRIP, Institute, NGSQ, Niagara County, Pittsburgh, Tom Jones, WNYGS

Remembering my Grandpa

July 10, 2019 jsheliga

June was a memorable month in good ways and bad. My grandpa Ed was quickly declining after falling and breaking…

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Posted in: Family Filed under: Edmund Sheliga, Funeral, Genealogy, headstone, Obituary, Ogrodnik, Polish, Sheliga, Szeliga

Presentation: Using Land Records and Sanborn Maps for Genealogy

June 28, 2019 jsheliga

On June 19th, I gave a presentation for the Niagara County Genealogical Society (NCGS) titled Using Land Records and Sanborn…

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Posted in: Presentations Filed under: Facebook Live, Jeanette Sheliga, Land Records, NCGS, Presentations, Sanborn Maps, YouTube

Steele Memorial Library in Elmira, NY

May 29, 2019 jsheliga

I lived in Elmira, NY for seven years from 1999-2006. It was during that time that I took the Introduction…

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Posted in: Libraries Filed under: Chemung Co., Elmira, Genealogy, Library, Revolutionary War, Steele Memorial Library, Tioga

The Buffalo History Museum Pt. 2

May 26, 2019 jsheliga

Continuing with my research trip to The Buffalo History Museum, I looked through many different books and did not have…

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Posted in: Libraries Filed under: Barbara Gollwitzer, Barbara Hetzel, Buffalo, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo History Museum, Buffalo Registered Voters, Census, Clement Hetzel, Edwin Gollwitzer, Election District, Gollwitzer, John Hetzel, Library, Smith Street

The Buffalo History Museum Pt. 1

May 20, 2019 jsheliga

This Saturday I went to a WNYGS program on German Research at the Buffalo History Museum given by Larry Naukam…

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Posted in: Libraries Filed under: Barbara Hetzel, Buffalo, Buffalo History Museum, Genealogy, German, Gollwitzer, Gollwitzer Restaurant, Grybsky, Homicides, Library, Mary Gollwitzer, RGS, Smith Street, WNYGS

Why Can’t I Wrap My Head Around Citations?

May 17, 2019 jsheliga

Now that I am on this path to produce high-quality genealogy research, I need to begin crafting source citations. I…

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Posted in: My Educational Plan Filed under: American Genealogical Studies, Citations, Evidence Explained, Family Tree University, FultonHistory.com, Genealogy, Nelson Johnson, NGS, WNYGS

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