52 Ancestors – Week 5
At the Library For me researching in a state archive or library was one of the most rewarding endeavors I have pursued as a genealogist, second only to actually walking on the land an ancestor once owned. Why you might ask, it is just a library! A state archive is so much more than just a library. An archive houses many of the original documents that are often available on microfilm or in digitized form. Again you might ask “so what? It is much easier to view these from the comfort of our home via our computer.” The Joy of …