I haven't posted anything recently because I have been working on a book project for Arcadia Publishing. In case any of you readers have not discovered Arcadia's little history books, they are amazingly wonderful. The "Images of America" series contains books published about hundreds of cities and towns across the country. Sometimes the books cover a county or even a piece of history for which a city is known. Many people like to purchase these pictorial histories of places they have lived or places where their ancestors have lived. Last year I published Fountain, and right now I am working on Security-Widefield.
With all the research, organizing, and writing involved in these two projects, I have not spent any time on my own genealogical pursuits. However! I have been using skills I have developed as a genealogist to create my current project. When studying about the historical families of Security-Widefield, I just naturally turn to the census and newspaper archives. I, likewise, seek people to interview, and I know what questions to ask. So, recently it occured to me that one of the reasons why I am so well suited to author these books is because of my experience in the genealogy field.
