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 4, 2014 | ICAP Gen
While I have been blogging every day for the past week I have also been spending time trying to get this ICAP Gen Accreditation project underway. It’s such a big project that generally I find myself creating lists upon lists to help manage all of these tasks....
by Josephine Hardy | Feb 19, 2014 | ICAP Gen
Today I took a little break from my ICAP Gen research project and did some research on my Nonno Giuseppe Sulfaro just for fun. I have a lot of resources on him, and thought I’d had everything that had been published with his name on it. Apparently I was wrong....
by Josephine Hardy | Feb 18, 2014 | ICAP Gen
Sometimes the biggest barriers to genealogical research are the ones you can’t control. A few days ago I received an email from the Comune of Messina informing me that my search for the marriage record of Giuseppe and Giuseppa Sulfaro was unsuccessful because...
by Josephine Hardy | Feb 13, 2014 | ICAP Gen
Yesterday I briefly touched on the need for a genealogist to be structured and organized in their research. Today I tell you how easily distracted and disorganized I am. Yes, I’m already contradicting my words. Off to a good start! The world of genealogy is so...
by Josephine Hardy | Feb 12, 2014 | ICAP Gen
As any genealogist would know you need a strategy and very good organizational skills if you hope to discover anything about your ancestors. The world is such a diverse and expansive research landscape, and the billions of people who have existed before us did not...
