Month: September 2016

Becoming a Professional Genealogist

Everyone’s educational path to becoming a professional genealogist is somewhat different. Here’s mine. I’m pretty much self-taught. I’ve not attended (as a student) any week-long institutes or seminars. I have I taken any genealogical classes. I don’t see that as a limitation and there’s no reason for me to act like I have done something […]

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Leander Butler’s Compiled Military Service Record Provides Additional Names

I obtained the compiled military service record of Civil War veteran Leander Butler in hopes of learning something about his origins–or at least clues as to where he was living at the time of his enlistment. Compiled military service records serve to document a military career and are taken for the most part from muster […]

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