As the spring issue of Wake Treasures is released, I hope it finds each of you healthy and well while we all collectively wait out the coronavirus.  We are in an unprecedented situation and I can only imagine the stories we will have to tell on the other side of this.  Until then, we can all do our part by staying home and doing what we love - genealogy.  Now is the time to finally write those stories, work on the book your relatives have been asking about and develop those research plans for when the archives reopens.

 

In this issue you’ll find a variety of new material.  Debra Blake from North Carolina State Archives wrote on resources for researching early North Carolina ancestors.  Phil Upchurch of Allied Families has written about the intersection of his ancestry with that of another old Raleigh family.  Previously we have published the 1897 School Census for white children, and now we include part of the colored children’s school census in this issue.  The record set will continue in the next issue.  Carey Faison continues his series “Railroads, Hortons, and Faisons.”  Soldiers Home Records are also included in part, with the intention of continuing in the next issue.
 
This issue could not have happened without the volunteers who helped to transcribe these records.  Please consider volunteering to transcribe from home.  If you are interested, please contact me for more information.
 
Hope you enjoy, Donna Shackle, Editor 

 

The Summer 2020 Issue (Vol.3 Issue 4)  of our award winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. This issue contains the following topics:

• A reflective look at the collective history that we are making as we pass the time during the Covid 19 pandemic.
• Links to NC Archives’ Your Story is North Carolina’s Story Project. They hope to capture, preserve, and share our collective pandemic experience.
• Links to the National Emergency Library for your homebound research emergencies.
• Cynthia Gage shows how exhaustive newspaper research will give you a better version of an event. Don’t just find one article and quit looking.
• Strategies for researching challenging surnames.
• Book review - My Own, My Country's Time. The autobiography of Raleigh native, Vermont Royster.
• News about NGS Virtual Conference 2020.
• Take advantage of the latest genealogy promotions to keep us busy with up to the minute tips from Barbara McGeachy.
• And, a surprisingly full virtual event schedule.