Roberts Roots & Branches

Another great link in the quest for research. Wyoming Newspaper Projects which includes the Rock Springs Rocket and the Kemmerer Gazette and Kemmerer Camera. These two newspapers have proven invaluable in my research. Don't know what I will do now that I don't have to visit Rock Springs and Kemmerer to see the newspapers!!! Here's the link: http://www.wyonewspapers.org/ This website contains many early Wyoming newspapers including: Kemmerer Camera 1901-1920 Republican (Kemmerer) 1914-1920 Wyoming Star (Green River) 1903-1905 Green River Star 1905-1921 Rock Springs Adviser 1914-1916 Rock Springs Miner 1892-1921 Rock springs Rocket 1907-1922

Did you catch it? I did and I loved it !!! I was so excited, and I was happily treated to a family historian's television series. The first episode featured Sarah Jessica Parker and her journey to locate her family's roots. I was pleasantly surprised because the series caught Ms. Parker's delight, surprise, dismay, and thrill of the detective's journey called genealogy. It was delightful to watch Ms. Parker as she learned how her family was intertwined with United States history. It was fascinating to see her reaction to touching original documents; walking where her ancestors walked; and questioning their actions and reactions to their lives. Who do You Think you Are? Viewers are invited to take an up-close and personal look inside the family history of some of today's most beloved and iconic celebrities with NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" Starring in the new alternative series are Matthew Broderick, Lisa Kudrow, Spike Lee, Sarah Jess

Here are some updates on recently added websites to the blog: Wiki --- free family history research and advice for the community, by the community https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page Rootsweb --this is a great site for the tutorials and the "how-to's" of family history work. Great articles and good links to other sites. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com Ellis Island - -free site that includes all the ships that entered the Port of New York from 1892-1924. However, the last time I checked (5 years ago) they didn't have any of our ancestors on the site. So, if you find our relatives on this site please let me know. http://www.ellisisland.org US Gen Web Project - -a group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone. http://www.usgen