News, updates, and milestones from The Record Lady — including newly published articles, journal placements, book releases, and other professional announcements.
I’m pleased to share the publication of my article, “Members of The Good Templars Lodge #637 at Dry Fork, Sumner County, Tennessee,” which transcribes the membership roll of a temperance organization that formed in Sumner County in the late 1870s. It appears in Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History, …
I’m delighted to announce that my article “Unearthing the Migration of Benjamin Williams from North Carolina to Kentucky” has been published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 114, No. 2 (June 2026). The article traces Benjamin Williams (died 1817 in Barren County, Kentucky) from his North Carolina origins through …
I’m pleased to announce the publication of my latest article: “A Forfeited Recognizance Bond and 118 Signatures: An 1805 Legislative Petition Fills Gaps in Anderson County Records.” This article is in the Summer 2026 issue of The Tennessee Genealogical Society Ansearchin’ News. A Juicy Story Often an interesting tale is …
I’m excited to announce I’m the first prize winner of the Missoula Public Library Family History Writing Contest. Articles become part of the collection at the Montana State Library. I wrote about William Thomas Rule (1868-1957), a man who witnessed the development of the American West. Rule actively took part …
I live in Connecticut but seldom get a chance to write about someone from this state. My great aunt, Gerda (Paulson) Simon and her daughters lived in New Canaan, Connecticut. Other relatives on this branch of my family tree migrated westward, but the Simons stayed on the east coast. Later …
