Last night I got back from GRIP (Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh) in Pittsburgh where I attended the “Intermediate Genealogy” course. What a neat week! GRIP was held at La Roche College in the outskirts of Pittsburgh. It’s a very nice, small campus. The building on the left was the main dorm building and on the right is the building where we had classes, meals, larger gatherings and even Maia’s Books. As you can see, it is only a short walk if it rains – which it threatened to do but never did! In fact, the last two days were BEAUTIFUL...

I’m now in Pennsylvania at GRIP (Genealogical Research Instituted of Pittsburgh) where I’ll be taking the week-long course, “Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper“, taught by Paula Stuart-Warren along with Debbie Mieszala and Joshua Taylor. I got a private dorm room and it’s pretty nice though a little dirty and my air-conditioning isn’t working. I’ts about 8 pm, though, and it’s cooling off and I have my window open so I should be OK through the night. And, I hope they get it fixed tomorrow! I’m on the ‘meal plan’ so I get three meals a day in the cafeteria. Tonight...

This week I signed up for my first genealogical institute! It’s called GRIP (Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh) and will be in late July in Pittsburgh. I’m taking Paula Stewart-Warren’s “Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper.” Besides the daily classes and the evening lectures, we will also have one evening where we can spend time researching at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. About half of my family comes from Pennsylvania and I’ve never been there before, so I hope I find something at this library! I’ll be sleeping in a private dorm room and eating cafeteria food. I’m excited to...