News, updates, and milestones from The Record Lady — including newly published articles, journal placements, book releases, and other professional announcements.
Recently I was able to date a photograph from my family’s collection. It was among photographs owned by Clara Simon of New Canaan, Connecticut. It is likely a very early photograph of her as a baby with her mother Gerda. The photograph shows Mrs. Gerda Simon (center) who can be …
I’m delighted to share some news. I am now a Certified Genealogist® through The Board for Certification of Genealogists®. From now on, you’ll see my name written as Vanessa Wood, CG®. What Certification Involves Earning the credential means submitting a portfolio of original work. Independent judges evaluate it against Genealogy …
Sometimes the advice you give other people is advice you end up following yourself. While going through my late mother’s possessions, I found four postcards addressed to a Dr. W. W. Jones, a horticulturalist, at the University of California, Riverside. Two are postmarked 1958, and two more from 1961 and …
I’m pleased to share that my article, “Two Men Named Thomas Taylor: Who Received NC Revolutionary War Pay Voucher No. 1083?,” appears in the Fall 2026 issue of Ansearchin’ News, published by the Tennessee Genealogical Society. An old family history claims Thomas Taylor of Chatham County, North Carolina received a …
I’m pleased to share that I’ve donated three photographs of Mary Rosalind (Parr) Cunningham (1911–1995) to the Boone County Historical Society in Indiana. The donation includes her high school portrait — also published in the 1927/1928 Lebanon High School yearbook — along with two additional studio photographs from the same …
