by Cheryl McClellan | Sep 11, 2019 | Club Ink, Genealogy
With the new school year upon us, GCPL Genealogist Cheryl McClellan, wrote this blog post about hunting for school records. Read more of her posts here. School bells are ringing in Geauga County. Drop by the Chardon Library to see the Geauga County Genealogical...
by Cheryl McClellan | Jul 8, 2019 | Club Ink, Genealogy
Just when I think I have found every fact or record available about an ancestor, something catches my eye in a census column that I had not noticed before. According to my records, my great grandmother married in 1868 and her first child was born in 1872. I could not...
by Cheryl McClellan | May 14, 2019 | Club Ink, Genealogy
As the Geauga County Public Library Genealogist, I was pleased when our library recently subscribed to MyHeritage Library Edition. Now that I’ve used it several times, it’s become a regular resource for myself and my patrons. The full subscription version at...
by Rachael Hartman | Mar 11, 2019 | Club Ink, Genealogy, Staff Book Reviews, Staff Picks
Editor’s note: Rachael Hartman is the Manager of GCPL’s Middlefield Branch. Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and LoveBy Dani ShapiroDani grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family, the only child of her parents’ marriage. She knew her family...
by Cheryl McClellan | Feb 18, 2019 | Club Ink, Genealogy
Heritage Quest Online, dubbed “Ancestry.com lite”, is one of the genealogy databases GCPL subscribes to for patron use. The database is owned by Ancestry.com and shares many of its resources, including complete U.S. Census records (1790 – 1940). However, unlike...
