Jill over at the Geniaus blog started this GeneaMeme. I thought that I would joy in the fun and highlight my genea year. === From Jill: On a whim this morning I decided to throw together a Geneameme in which you can share the positive results of your Genea Activities in 2012. I invite you…
Category: General Genealogy
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! May your celebrations be festive and you hearts be full of childlike joy and laughter.
You Can Too Read Foreign Language Records!
One of the laments I’ve heard ever since I used to host Portuguese genealogy chat on AOL is “But, I don’t know Portuguese (insert your favorite language) so I can’t research the records. Well, I say “Hogwash!” I don’t know any language but English and some question my expertise in that language. Yet, I’ve been…
Finding Your Best Research Method
I used to take copious notes while sitting at a microfilm reader doing research. The main reason was that in most cases I couldn’t make copies of the documents I was viewing. My notes were my source to work from when I got home. Even when I made copies of documents, I’d bring them back…
East Coast Friends and Family: Please be safe!
Hurricane Sandy is pounding the East Coast tonight like nothing we have ever seen. I was following Twitter #Sandy tonight and hearing some terrible stories. The photos are mind boggling. I don’t know what we will see tomorrow when the water recedes and the storm passes by. I saw on Twitter that California’s Governor Brown…