Welcome to Barton Breen, Genealogist

 Welcome! 

This Blog will initially mirror my Facebook Group which you can see by clicking HERE.  

Barton James Breen

I will be placing articles here regularly about my own family history.  I've been working on it for quite some time.  When I started, I really didn't know a lot about what I was doing. I just knew I had some family records and that if I didn't find a way to preserve them and share them, they might end up in the trash, lost to any who might want to know more about our family in the future.

So, I started off putting in what I knew and researching what I didn't.  The internet was slowly building and I used services like Ancestry to put things together.

I soon learned after a while though, that I didn't necessarily know a lot about how to research effectively.  In fact, I made a lot of mistakes.

So, after some time, I decided I needed to learn how to do things right.  I enrolled in a 3 year online program through the National Institute for Genealogical Studies.  I'm currently working through the program. 

You'll learn more about me and my family as you work through these posts.  Please interact and share your pictures and stories and ask your questions!  I am happy to learn more with you and from you.