This week the 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy challenge is to play around with Google Maps. I’ve done this before and found a wealth of information. But, today when I visited, I noticed a little green beaker bubbling with anticipation. I clicked on and was taken to the Google Maps Lab page. Those folks and…
Category: 2010 Genea Bloggers Winter Games Competition
Winter Games Progress Report #2
This is my Friday Winter Games progress report. I’ve been able to accomplish quite a bit this week. Here’s my progress category by category: Category 1–haven’t done diddly so far Medal earned–None Category 2–I’ve backed up all my data (including databases, files, and photographs) to my flash drive. Medal earned–Gold Category 3–I haven’t worked on…
Winter Games Progress
I got quite a bit done today. I’m working on challenge #6, Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindess. I completed Task A–comment on a new blog to me. I left a comment at “My Big Fat Cajun Irish Scottish English German French Southern Family” blog. And, I thought I had a lot of…
Added a Cemetery to FindaGrave.com
Today I worked on Challenge 6 of the Winter Genea Blogger games: Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness. I worked on Task B–Post one or more gravestone photos at Find A Grave. I have been meaning to work on Find A Grave since the beginning of the year as a Pay it Forward….
Wordle Thy Ancestors
For my next Winter Genea Bloggers challenge, I played around with Wordle. It’s a fun little application that allows you to fill in a box with text. Then it creates a Wordle…a representation of your word list in living color. I decided to do a Wordle based on my ancestor surnames. This is not a…