Everyone has family stories. These stories are the basis of our narrative. They are usually the starting point of our research and guide us as we work from person to person. There’s one thing I have learned from family stories. While they can add background to the documentation, they can also be roadblocks. They can…
Category: General Genealogy
Joining The Google+ Bandwagon
Yesterday, I got an invite and I made the plunge. I’ve joined Google+. In case you haven’t heard of it, Google+ is the new social network made by the folks at Google, of course. It is similar to other social networks, but not like them at all. There’s a little bit of Facebook, Twitter, and…
Happy Fourth of July
Wishing all my readers a very Happy 4th of July.
Computer File Organizing Project Update
A few months back, I blogged about the mess that I had made of my digitized documents on my computer. I have hundreds if not thousands of records in file folders. But, I’m not sure what’s been input, what’s been source, or if they are even in the right folder. I decided it was time…
I Had The Information All Along
Please tell me this has happened to you! I was working on my Jones/Bourne computer file folder last night. I was going over city directory pages from the 1890s. There were about 10-12 Bourne’s living in San Francisco total. Yet, I couldn’t link any of them to my tree. Something kept tickling the back of…