After you’ve found your ancestors and traced them back to your ‘homeland’ it’s natural you will want to visit. Today we’re going to talk about a few things you should do before taking a heritage tour. Allison Singleton is Senior Librarian at The Genealogy Center and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana….
No matter where in the US you call home it’s likely that your ancestors passed through the Midwest to get there. Guest Allison Singleton, Senior Librarian, Virtual Programming Coordinator, and Acting Genealogy Services Manager in the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library shares Midwest genealogy tips for tracing your family’s migration to and through the Midwest.
The Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana is the 2nd largest family research collection in North America. Genealogy tips for beginners.
Hello and welcome to Exploring the Midwest! I am Jody Halsted and I will be your navigator as we explore the 13 states that make up the Midwest (as defined by the Midwest Travel Journalists Association). These states are North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky….
It’s a fact- as you get older time just moves more quickly. Except for this year. The one year when I would love a blink-and-it’s-gone feeling. This year just. won’t. end. August brought a couple of wins, but it also brought an unexpected disaster, which also reminded us that we are surrounded with some of…
If you live in the Midwest just the mention of Door County, Wisconsin brings visions of towering pines, cool lake breezes, and outdoor adventure of all types. Click Here to pin this to your Midwest Travel board! While the county has long been a getaway for Chicagoans escaping the city for a different view of…
Here’s a fact that may surprise you: the residents of Fort Wayne, Indiana, pay more per capita for their library than residents of large cities like New York or Boston. What would become the Allen County Library was begun by the Fort Wayne Woman’s Reading Club in 1895. I’m sure they never imagined their project, designed…
Our afternoon at Lucas Oil Raceway was arranged in partnership with the Hendricks County CVB. My age is likely showing here, but does anyone remember the movie Adventures in Babysitting? The part where the babysitter and the kids are running to get away from the car thieves and they enter a Blues club through the back door…
Back in the day, before children, before a mortgage, before a career, Dora the Explorer had nothing on my adventures. The one good thing about having a desk job is that I could check out what everyone else out there was doing, where they were visiting, what they were seeing. Then, when it came time…
Who says family travel can’t be fun and educational? Abraham Lincoln has some big shoes to fill! To young children, he must especially appear larger than life. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Lincoln City, Indiana makes Lincoln more relatable to children by bringing his childhood to life. On a recent visit, my daughter…
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