Category Archives: 2008 Genea Bloggers Summer Games Competition
Solutions to Backing Up My Data
One of the challenges I took on from the Genea Blogger Games was to backup my data. I really dreaded this item. I backed up my computer to CDs in February and it almost took me the whole month. What a tiresome task! Plus you end up with hundreds of CDs each having a bit …
Ship Indexes Added to IslandRoutes.com
One of my Genea Blogger Games challenges was to participate in an indexing project. I’ve been working on my own project to index the Portuguese names on manifests for ships coming from Hawaii to California. After months of not doing anything, I put in some hard time today. The indexes have all been created. But, …
My First Carnival of Genealogy
I’ve been reading about the carnivals of genealogy on Randy Seaver’s blog for some time. For the life of me I could never figure out how you found out about them and where to submit your entry. When I signed up for the Genea Bloggers Network on Facebook, I found out that many carnivals are …