IS there a book with my family in it? I’ve been asked that question many times and not just in beginning classes. The answer is this: You won’t know if you don’t go looking.
- FamilySearch.org has a huge collection of family histories.
- Google books, ditto.
- Hathitrust.org, ditto
- Archive.org, ditto
- Digital Public Library of America (www.dp.la), ditto.
So please don’t dump genealogy for knitting or sky diving until you’ve looked for your Bazeleel Jinglemeyer in every place you can think of.
Diane Huckabee told the story of finding the name LaStone for a child….. and after much pondering, she realized it must stand for “Last One!” (Just had to toss that in here for you; thanks, Diane, for sharing.)