Emma Explores… Stories, Mysteries and Fame » Emma Cox » June 2024

As a professional genealogist, Emma explores archives, churchyards, and online to compile histories, charts, tours, and books for clients. When collecting material for clients or engaging experts in discussions on her podcast, Journeys into Genealogy, and substack of the same name.

In this wonderful series, Emma takes us behind the scenes as she shares the joy of discoveries and in her family history from her home in Kent, England. Today’s episode focused on “gateway” ancestors Emma discovered in her own line and how they opened up connections to royal ancestors.

The lessons and tools she’s shared with us can be applied to your family research, too. More about Emma at:

• EmmaCox.co.uk

• JourneysIntoGenealogy.co.uk

• JourneysIntoGenealogy.substack.com

Emma has also generously shared her slides with us:

Projectkin Emma Explores Fame

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This was the first of her "Emma Explores" series focusing on fame and royalty. Note the techniques Emma references as well as the useful tools listed below.

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Our next program in the series will be on July 18; you can register for that event or any in the series here:

Emma included an extensive list of tools she used in her research. Among them:

• FamilySearch.org (free)

• Relatives at RootsTech (only available during RootsTech.)

• RelativeFinder.org (login with a free FamilySearch login)

• ThePeerage.com (free)

• Internet Archive (Archive.org, free, books and web property archives)

• BritishNewspaperArchive.co.uk (fee, and through FindMyPast)

• Newspapers.com — (Fee-based, though now part of Ancestry.com but often available through public libraries for free.)

• Trove.nla.gov.au (free)

• Google Alerts (free)

• HathiTrust.org (free, high-resolution book scans)

The slides aren’t immediately available but will be added as a PDF to this post by 5 PM Pacific time on June 21st.

I was delighted to see Jude Rhodes of Stories of Our Generations in the audience today. Like Emma, she’s a professional genealogist as well, working in Yorkshire England. Jude will be our guest in a special Project Recipe event in August. Learn more and register here.

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