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Genealogy and Family History and related Research Services
Lecturer and Author on Genealogical Topics
Raleigh, NC
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Articles
Upfront with NGS (blog)
Blog for the National Genealogical Society. These blog posts are automatically cross-posted to Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Diane also cross-posts news items to the NGS Facebook page. Diane has written for the blog since October 2010 and has posted over 1000 posts!
Non-serial Articles
Carolina Parent article, Explore Your Family Tree (13 Oct 2016)
WCGS Journal
EDITOR since 2012
2016 (Volume 26) [shifted to quarterly publiction]
- Mortuary Reports (1879-1880)
- Civil War Enlistments (1861-1862)
- Insolvent Debtors (1819-1820)
- General Assembly Session Records (Petitions)
2015 (Volume 25)
- Wake County Court Minutes Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Volume 1, 1816-1819
Dr. Ernest Haywood Notes- Introduction to the Register of Births in the City of Raleigh (1890+)
- Wake County African-American Newspapers (select articles)
- Justices and Militia Officers
- Treasurer's and Comptroller's Records, County Settlements With the State -- A Hidden Gem!
2014-5 (Volume 24)
- Gaston Wilder Plantation Book
- Tax Records Matrix for Nathaniel Jones and Henry Jones of Wake County, North
Carolina (more than one of each) - Wake County Tax Lists (select)
- Bills of Sale (or Equivalent) Fo
- und in Wake County Deed Books
- Wake County Register of Deaths in the City of Raleigh (starting July 1887)
2013-4
- Introductions to the following articles:
- E. Burke Haywood, MD (Raleigh, NC) Notes Patients & Symptoms -- 1848-1862
- Civil War Southern Claims Commission
- Buckhorn Church Sunday School Class Book of Names
- Wake, Granville and Orange County 1792 Petition
- Abandoned North Carolina
- Buckhorn Church Sunday School Class Book of Names
2012-3
- Introductions to the following articles:
- Wake County Juror Lists
- Wake County Records of Slaves and Free Negroes, 1788-1829
- Wake County Insolvent Debtors
- Raleigh Doctor Records -- Index to Visiting List 1872
- 1792 Petition to the North Carolina General Assembly From Residents of Wake County North Carolina
- Relief Payments for Families of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- James Newton Ledger Index
- "Don't Limit Yourself to 'Local" Newspapers
Archives.com
Complete list of articles by Diane published on this website (only select titles listed below)
2013
- Timelines as Genealogical Research Tools
- Tips for Applying to a Lineage Society
- Not Your Grandmother's Diary
- Using Federal Direct Tax Records
- Researching Poor Ancestors
2012
- Taking the Roll: 19th Century School Censuses
- FamilySearch Centers -- Have You Visited One Lately?
- Antebellum African American Research: Some Great Specialized Resources!
- Linkpendium: A Genealogy Gem!
- NC -- No Longer The "Rip Van Winkle" State When It Comes to Online Genealogy Research
- Getting From AL to NC -- Can Be Challenging, Satisfying and Successful!
- Borders: Just a Line on a Map
- Obscure Archives & Databases You Need to Know About
- Civilian Conservation Corps: Records from the Great Depression Era
- The Freedmen's Bureau Records -- Research Your Southern Ancestors
- How to Find Immigration Records & Passenger Lists
- Tips to Hep you Find Seemingly "Lost" Ancestors
- Mobile Ancestors: Why They Moved and How to Find Them
- UK Census Records Uncovered
- Locate Ancestors with UK Vital Records
NCGS Journal
NEW: DLR Journal Editor Effective Volume 42
2017 (Volume 43)
Volume 42, No 2
Volume 42, No 1
- North Carolina Insane Asylum in Raleigh
- Martin County Divorce Petition
2016 (Volume 42)
Volume 42, No 4
- Lenoir County Apprentices (1881)
- Burke County Ledger (18th Century)
- Edgecombe County Road Petitioners
- WWI Red Cross (Wake County)
Volume 42, No 3
- Book of Negroes (1783)
- Center Benevolent Society (1788)
- Counterfeiter Mugshots
- Wayne County Slave and Free Person of Color Records
Volume 42, No 2
- Thomas Gill Ledger (Bertie Co)
- Anson 1749-1773
- Chatham Co Petition (1786)
- Harnett Appeals for Food (1865)
- Sampson Poorhouse Record Examples (1810s)
Volume 42, No 1
- Treasurer's and Comptroller's Records -- Halifax County, Anson County
- Northampton Civil War Provisions for Indigent Soldier's Families
- Tyrrell Stock Marks (1763+)
- Warren County Insolvents and Tavern et al fees
- Runaway Slave Advertisements in North Carolina Newspapers
Volume 36, No 3
- Delinquent Taxpayers Whose Property Was Sold for the Federal Direct Tax of 1813
- Notices of Letters Left at North Carolina Post Offices
- Runaway Slave Advertisements in North CarolinaNewspapers
Volume 36, No 4
- Some North Carolina Civil War Records
- “She Has Left My Bed and Board”: North Carolina Wives Who Abandoned their husbands
- Chandler, Moore-Shipma
- n, and
- Mattie Church Moore Bible Records
Volume 37, No 1
Volume 37, No 2
- Roll of Slaves from Greene, Jones, and Wake Counties Hired to Work on NeuseDefenses
Volume 37, No 3
- Using Newspapers in Civil War Research
- Freedmen'sBureau Greensboro Police Court Ledger, 1865-1866
- Freedmen's School Records from Davidson County
Volume 37, No 4
- North Carolina and the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942
- Apprentice Notices in North Carolina Newspapers
- War of 1812 Deserters
Volume 38, No 4
- Civil War Petitions for Exemption from Military Service
Your Genealogy Today (was Family Chronicle) & Internet Genealogy
- If you are not an Internet Genealogy subscriber you can order back print or PDF issues.
- See home page for most recent articles
- (Dec 2016/Jan 2017 -- Internet Genealogy) Get Excited About your Pre-1870 African-American Research
- (Nov/Dec 2016 -- Your Genealogy Today) Mining Post Civil War Records -- More Than Pensions and Old Soldiers Homes!
- (Oct/Nov 2016 -- Internet Genealogy) Online Freedmen's Bureau Records
- (Sep/Oct 2016 -- Your Genealogy Today) A "Handout" for Your Poor Ancestors
- (Feb/Mar 2016 -- Internet Genealogy) War of 1812 Online Resources
- (Dec 2015/Jan 2016 -- Internet Genealogy) (Part 2) North Carolina – More Online Resources
- (Oct/Nov 2015 -- Internet Genealogy) North Carolina: No Longer a Rip Van Winkle State (Part 1)
- Freedmen's Bureau Records
- What's In a Name
- Borders: What to Do When They Didn't Exist
- Proving Revolutionary War Service
- Case Study of the Miles Family
- Looking for a Man Who Didn't Want to be Found! (with Dr. M.A. Boyle)
- Scottish Case Study: The Nelson Family
- Top Sites for Immigration
- Database Gems
- Name Variant Tools
- 25 Obscure Databases You Need to Know About
- Need to "Finnish" Your Genealogy Research
- Top Websites for Irish Research
- Sign of the Times: Timelines in Genealogy
- Special Delivery: State Postal
History - Researching Your African-
American Roots - JSTOR: A Previously Hidden Treasure Trove
- Top 30 Websites For Family Research [cover article!]
- Regular column of Net Notes ran in Internet Genealogy, typically highlight 4-6 websites, ran bi-monthly from 2006 through the present
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Raleigh, NC
ph: 9192318137
fax: 9192558525
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dianelri