RootsTech and Family History Library
I am presently on a genealogy research trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. The Family Search Library located in Salt Lake City is the largest genealogy library in the world. I will also be attending the RootsTech conference which is billed as the largest genealogy conference. I have been preparing for this trip for years. Years ago my level of genealogy knowledge was rudimentary. I would not have known where to start if I had made this trip when I first looked for my ancestors.
Most of my research has centered on my maternal line in
Mississippi and my paternal line in Georgia and Tennessee. The trees in my
forest have also included my in- laws. From the great northern migration after
World War Two described in the book Warmth
of Another Sun by Isabel Wilkerson my search has spread to many other
states. I have included New York, Illinois, Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania. I
have visited the Allen County and Newberry library, the National Archives,
Mississippi and Tennessee state archives.
I have tried to collect known
information from various sources. As I learn about my trees, I know that I probably
have to visit the depositories again. It
is my hope that I can break down more brick walls beyond 1870. I hope to blog about more new discoveries.
---- The Tree Gardener
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