Columnists Get Free Family History Tips, News and Updates. With the Memorial Day weekend, comes the unofficial start of summer.
People naturally turn to the outdoors and try to get outside as often as possible.
After the long winter months hunched over the flickering light of a warm PC, peering through the stacks of books in the local library, or squinting at endless rolls of microfilm, family historians will often display symptoms of this same craving for daylight. After many months in the dark, many of us may have some trouble with our first expeditions in the great outdoors, so here are some tips to help work our passion for family history into an outdoor excursion. It is our friend. It can help us read and photograph tombstones. Yes, with the change in seasons, the family historian's thoughts often turn to cemeteries.