Category Archives: Around the Web
Tombstone Tuesday: Catharine Kelly’s Tombstone Found
A month or so ago, I added some graves to findagrave.com. I only got through a few, added a couple of photos, then requested 3 photos. Last week, I was contacted by a volunteer. He went to Holy Cross Cemetery but couldn’t find my graves. I sent him what little information I had for his …
Follow Friday: Kevin Berdan’s genealogynews on Twitter
There are so many interesting genealogy tweeters on Twitter (say that 10 times fast). One of the ones I follow and read regularly is Kevin Berdan who tweets under the moniker genealogynews. Kevin posts all sorts of interesting links to articles, blog posts, and websites. The cover a wide range of genealogy, history, and heritage …
My Ancestors and the Google News Timeline
Ever since this link made the rounds yesterday, I have been playing around with it. It’s the new toy from the Google Labs folks: The Google News Timeline. You enter a date then it gives you information on events that happened that day. It provides a link to the original source so you can learn …