[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy prompts because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is week #28…Mistakes.] Mistakes happen in genealogy. Even the most experienced genealogy can read a name wrong, transpose a number, and come to the wrong conclusion. One of…
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Binders or Folders?
[I am working backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is my entry for week #29…Organizational Tools. Here’s one of the things I learned from genealogy. Everyone has a method for organization that is the WAY THAT THINGS MUST BE DONE. …
She Lived in the Same Neighborhood
[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention the first half of the year. This is week #30…Serendipity] This happened sometime in the mid-1990s after I began volunteering with AOL’s Genealogy Chat. Because of chat, I came into contact with many genealogists and learned…
A visit with cousin Marian
[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention the first half of the year. This is week #31…Cousins.] I have had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of a few cousins online through my genealogy. In some cases we have been able to meet…
Philately with My Aunt Julie
[This is my entry for week 32 of the 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy prompts created by Amy Coffin of WeTree. This week’s prompt is to write about a memory of a relative.] Most of my childhood I stayed away from adults. They were to be avoided. I either hung out with the other kids…