Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all over the world to obtain records for our clients. We asked Frans, onsite in Europe, to give us insight into tracing Belgian ancestors and conducting Belgian and Dutch research at the Regional Historic Centre of Limburg, the provincial archive located in Maastricht, Netherlands.“Dearly beloved mother, sister, and brother,I received your letter with immense joy, for I was thinking that you had died. As for my children, I have four … [Read more...]
Legacy Tree Onsite: the Diocesan Archives of Teggiano, Italy
Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all over the world to access records for our clients. We asked Michele from the province of Salerno in southern Italy to give us insight into what it’s like to research at the Diocesan Archives of Teggiano. Check it out!Perched on a green hill in the extreme south of the Campania region, the picturesque village of Teggiano bloomed into a medieval stronghold, keeping within its walls secrets of an ancient past symbolized by the glorious … [Read more...]
Legacy Tree Onsite: Hidden Gold in California
Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all over the world to access records. We asked Sharon from Silicon Valley, California (USA) to give us insight into what it’s like conducting in-depth genealogy research in California, both onsite and online. While our onsite articles typically focus on international research, American researchers should remember not to neglect the repositories closer to home! Whether your family was drawn to California by the lure of riches, new … [Read more...]
Legacy Tree Onsite: The Chodovec Archive Complex, Czech Republic
Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers from across the globe to access records for our clients. We asked Helena, one of our onsite researchers from the Czech Republic to share an inside look at genealogy research at the Chodovec Archive Complex in Prague. At the outskirts of Prague, you can find a giant building complex housing three large archives – three genealogical eggs in one basket! Completed in 2001, it has research rooms, conference halls, exhibition areas and … [Read more...]
Legacy Tree Onsite: The National Archives of the United States
Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all over the world to access records for our clients. We asked Michele, a genealogist based in Washington, D.C., to tell us about her experience with the U.S. National Archives there.I am a professional genealogist and I live in northern Virginia, in a suburb of Washington, D.C. There are many museums and archives available within 25 miles of my home which makes this environment a historian’s dream. One in particular is of great value in my … [Read more...]
A Horrific Headstone on Halloween
As the Halloween tradition highlights the eerie scares of death, this is a story of a broken headstone, and how a family rallied together to bring dignity to a fascinating life. Halloween in the U.S. means stories of ghouls and ghosts and terrifying nightly jaunts through haunted cemeteries filled with shadowy grave markers rising above black grass. It evokes a picture of the cold night air filled with howling wolves and screeching bats flying under an icy blue moon.Speaking of scary … [Read more...]
Legacy Tree Onsite: A Look at the National Archives of South Africa
Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all over the world to access records. We asked Heather of Clanwilliam, South Africa, to talk about the National Archives in Cape Town. When the Dutch East India Company arrived at the Cape in 1652, they left a legacy of fine record keeping. From the moment Jan Van Riebeeck left Holland, he began his diary recording every event of his journey. These diaries continued for some years and this is where the history of South Africa immigrants began. … [Read more...]
Legacy Tree Onsite: A Look at the Archive of Potenza, Italy
Legacy Tree works with researchers all over the world to access records. We asked Valerie, of Italy's Basilicata region, to talk about her experience at the Province of Potenza Archives. Hidden in a nondescript building on a steep side street in Potenza, you could walk past the archives building without even realizing it was there. In fact, on the first visit I had to look hard and ask three people on the street where it was!Each Italian region is broken into provinces, and each … [Read more...]
