[This is my response to the Book of Me, Written by You week #5 prompt: Your Childhood Home] Remembering my childhood home isn’t so difficult for me. I lived there up until three years ago with my Dad whose health was failing. But, the home of my childhood was far different that the one that…
Category: General Genealogy
Researching Those Lost in War
Thanks to my Nook and my local library adding Overdrive ebook borrowing, I’ve got access to many books. Last night, I checked out Megan Smolenyak’s “Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing“. The first chapter is all about the repatriated remains of soldiers. Megan works with the miliary project that handles these remains. Genealogists research the…
Book of Me, Prompt 4: It has to be Spring
This week the Book of Me, Written by You prompt is all about my favorite season. I don’t even have to put on my thinking cap to tell you it is Spring. Why Spring? To me, Spring is all about rebirth and fresh starts. You can’t help but feel hopeful as new flower buds appear…
Tuesday Tip: Research, then go back and research again
One of the things I’ve learned over my years of research is that every now and then you should revisit the same resources. This seems especially true with all the material being digitized and put online. I make note of the databases that I work with even if I don’t find anything useful. One of…
How to Secure Your WordPress Blog
As you all know, the Research Journal was hacked last week. I’ve spend several days cleaning up the mess the idiot left behind. Thank goodness my webhost figured it out because I probably never would have until it was too late. The email my webhost sent me said that once I deleted the malicious files,…