To a genealogist, a brick wall in family history research is a sign of failure. Hours of devoted research result in nothing. The brick wall appears to be a dead end. On Oct. 5 members of Robson Ranch Genealogy Club received advice from a professional genealogist on how to break through a brick wall. Thomas…
Adele Stewart The Robson Ranch Genealogy Club has planned a new year of programs designed to help anyone interested in genealogy or family history. And, for the first time in its history, the club is offering an all-day seminar! A $20 fee includes both the seminar and the buffet lunch, and space is limited. On…
Adele Stewart The Genealogy Club window in the CATC is colorful with a display of patriotic material collected by club members and celebrating the participation of their ancestors in past wars, dating back to the War for Independence. With each display, our hope is to both highlight the research done by club members and to…
We hear about hackers getting into corporate websites. What about your personal web address and password? Is it safe and can you remember it? As we do our genealogy research online, many times we leave our computer footprint at that site. Is that site safe and can you trust it? Professionals tell us that we…
Charles Forshaw I am sure that at some point in our life each of us has set out for a destination knowing that we knew exactly how to get there without any questions. However, somewhere on the road we took the wrong fork in the road and ended up at a different location. This same…
Ed Schmidt When a Robson Ranch resident came into the possession of 170 love letters from the late 1800s that were found in the crawl space of a Philadelphia house, he came to me for help because he knew that I belonged to the Robson Genealogy Club. The letters were written by a woman named…
Charles Forshaw On March 1 the Robson Genealogy Club sponsored an Heirloom Show that was open to all Robson residents. There was a variety of different heirlooms shown by Robson residents and club members during the evening, each heirloom described with a wonderful story. Some of the items presented included a family Bible handed down…
Charles Forshaw As we have just closed out the year of 2015, now is the time to peer into 2016. If we tried to look back into 2015, most likely we could only remember a few of the happenings in our lives, as well as family members. Big things are pretty easy to remember, but…
Jena Suarez Please join the Robson Ranch Genealogy Club for the following: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. – DNA sharing session or genealogy jar panel discussion In July the planned meetings will include the following: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. – Your Civil War ancestors (webinar) Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Is…
Jena Suarez The Genealogy Club will be meeting May 19 at 7:00 p.m. DNA (Discovering New Ancestors) Testing Results. In June the planned meetings will include the following: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Your Civil War Ancestors (webinar). Wednesday, June 10, 2015 a Civil War Museum field trip is planned. Wednesday, June 16,…