by Josephine Hardy | May 27, 2014 | Travel Tuesday
Ellis Island’s website has become a wonderful and famous resource for finding your immigrant wannabe American ancestors. Not only can you find out what country your family originated from, but you are also able to learn intimate details about your...
by Josephine Hardy | May 21, 2014 | Hardy/Stringfellow Family Tree
Since my last post I have been quite busy going through the requirements to get my certification from BCG. I finally completed the client report, which took almost 2 months, and have now progressed onto compiling a three-generation narrative genealogy. I love...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 24, 2014 | Military Monday
Every day is a learning curve when it comes to genealogy. Today I was lucky enough to receive a document from the Archivo Di Stato Di Catania. I wrote to them on March 8th so I only waited 17 days for a reply, which I think is a great turnaround. This document was the...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 21, 2014 | ICAP Gen
It’s so easy to get swept away by genealogy research in the beginning. Everything is new, and usually the success of finding your relatives is high. The records are fairly recent, after all, and you can’t believe how easy researching your family is. Why...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 18, 2014 | Travel Tuesday
After a short break, I am back to share some photos and my experience from my visit to Taormina, perhaps the most perfect little town in Italy. Taormina is located on the top of a hill that overlooks Giardini-Naxos. My family and I took a short bus ride that somehow...