Tamarack Genealogy

03/06/2026

New feature to MyHeritage subscribers. Has anyone tried it yet? I 'm skeptical, mostly because AI can read, but not interpret. Nuance is everything in understanding contextual history...

We’re excited to introduce Scribe AI, a powerful new feature on MyHeritage that transcribes, translates, and interprets historical family documents and

03/06/2026

it's almost here! Even though my family was already in the states by 1926, this census is still a big deal!!

The 1926 census? Wait ’till you see the redaction! As I’m sure you know, the 1926 census of the Irish Free State is due for online publication by the National Archives of Ireland on April 18 next, exactly 100 years after it was taken. Along with other members of Accredited Genealogists Ireland, ...

02/27/2026

Fold3 has started a citizen archivist campaign! If you have military company histories or Navy cruise books, please consider lending it for digitization!

Have a unit history sitting on a shelf? We're digitizing these records and making them available to all for free! Learn more here.

02/26/2026

I'm missing my friends Fintan and Gillian from the Ulster Foundation, this year. 2026 is an off-year in their touring schedule. Luckily, they are offering a free online Irish emigrant workshop March 13th. Keep an eye out for the Ulster Foundation tour in March 2027! https://ulsterhistoricalfoundation.com/events-courses/emigration-lecture

02/17/2026

Happy Lunar New Year! Ushering in the year of the Horse.

02/14/2026

Sending warm wishes for a day full of love and joy.

02/13/2026

Thank you to the Crest Hill Library for hosting me tonight. Over 100 people had registered! It was an emotional experience talking about the 1990 Plainfield-Joliet-Crest Hill tornado and the aftermath. Thank you to those who shared their stories.

02/04/2026

Congratulations to the Newberry Library on their Melon Grant! The Ayer Collection is invaluable for both indigenous studies and early settlement history.

Funding will expand access to Indigenous collections, enable community-led research, and strengthen tribal partnerships.

02/03/2026

Diversity is not the enemy. Celebrating the accomplishments of one group does not diminish or denigrate another. Hiding or lying about the repression and trauma of one group does not lift up another. Stand and celebrate what has been achieved by the Black community in the face of slavery, Jim Crow and prolonged racial profiling and then acknowledge those achievements every month.

01/30/2026

While I knew about the campaign to take Ft. Duquesne, I had never heard of this. Yes it is long, but gripping. What a great read!

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come

01/27/2026

Holocaust Remembrance Day is more than just memorializing the lives lost through atrocities committed against our neighbors, families and communities. It is a moment for action to push back against totalitarian regimes and authoritarian ideologies and strongly say never again, before we are here.

01/27/2026

May there memories be a blessing this Holocaust Remembrance Day.