The Shamrock Genealogist

Outside of NEHGS Welcome back to my blog series "Genealogy On The Road"! My next trip was to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, which has an on-site library. I spent a full Saturday there from opening last weekend (literally getting there before they open) and leaving just a little bit before closing to make my train. This wasn't my first trip to NEHGS but it was my first full day there. I have ventured off to NEHGS after a few work trips when I was travelling downtown for a client project (back when I was living in Syracuse). Those trips were tough as I came with my big bag (even dragged in the snow) and I only had maybe an hour before having to take my cab to Logan airport to catch my flight back home. Look Familiar? This is the room where "Finding Your Roots" is filmed. I actually left as they were working on setting up for the next series filming. Sadly no Dr. Henry Louis Gates sightings.  Here's My Tips for Working at NEHGS: ...

West High Street Cemetery, Painted Post, NY Copyright 2018: Melanie McComb, The Shamrock Genealogist I have been travelling a lot this past year. One of the most frequent places that I go is to Western New York to assist my company on projects for a specific client in the area. It's where I started to get the inspiration for this new series "Genealogy On the Road". After a long day at work, I wanted to get a genealogy excursion in, to take in what's in the area and see if I can help someone in the process. I previously went to the local library. You can read about my experience here .   Last week I went back to Western New York and my latest excursion was to check out a cemetery in the small town of Painted Post. I specifically went to the West High Street Cemetery. If you're looking for your family in this cemetery, the Painted Hills Genealogical Society has an  index  online. It was an interesting experience. I walked through rows and rows of headst...

I'm happy to announce a new blog series that I'm starting called Genealogy On the Road. So why am I starting this series? I currently work full time as an IT analyst for a human resources company (it's a bit hard to explain sometimes what I do). I regularly travel to client sites as well as to offices in California during the year so I thought it would be interesting to help document some travel tips for how you can do genealogy on the road. Even when it's a work trip, I try to sneak in a little genealogy time before I go to make the best of the area. Sometimes it works out and other times I'm lucky I see something beyond a business park, a hotel, and a restaurant. I have previously shared some posts on some of my travels to California and western New York below: September 2017 -  Local Libraries: An Undiscovered Treasure October 2017 -   California State Archives Trip I'm heading back to Corning, NY today and hope to squeeze in a small adventure before...

I had the honor this past weekend presenting at the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference  held at the University of Guelph, Ontario. This was my first official genealogy conference I lectured at and an international one as well! I gave two lectures, Prince Edward Island Records and Repositories, and How to Incorporate NextGen Tech Into Your Research. I also talked to other genealogists about NextGen Genealogy Network . We hope to grow our Canadian presence as part of our partnership with Ontario Genealogical Society.  It was a great conference and there were rides involved - golf carts were transporting us all over campus. Overall, I received great feedback and had a number of people attend my talks. It felt wonderful to have a lecture hall filled!  Some of the highlights from the conference: 1. Connecting with my dear genealogy friends that I met on Twitter and Facebook in person 2. Helping bring two genealogists together that may share a common ancestor 3. Seei...