For my next Winter Genea Bloggers challenge, I played around with Wordle. It’s a fun little application that allows you to fill in a box with text. Then it creates a Wordle…a representation of your word list in living color. I decided to do a Wordle based on my ancestor surnames. This is not a…
Category: General Genealogy
Oh My God! There was a desk under there!
One of my genealogy goals for 2010 was to complete all the input from the two folders that have been sitting on my desk probably since the new millenium caused fear with computer owners. I am happy to saw that today I completed the second folder. It’s funny what you find when you go through…
Family Emergency
I realized I have not blogged in the last week or so. My Dad was having breathing troubles (he has emphysema). On Monday during a routine doctor visit, they decided to admit him to the hospital. He stayed for 3 days and is back home. He’s feeling alot better, thank goodness! I hope to get…
I’d Like to Comment On Your Blog But…
I’m not sure if many genealogy bloggers know this. They make it really difficult for folks to comment on their blogs. There have been many times I’ve gone to comment then realized that I can’t because the options for authentification don’t apply to me. Let me give you an example. On blogger blogs, you can…
My Genealogy Goals for 2010
(For the Carnival of Genealogy–New Years Resolutions) This year was frustrating. While I found many records to add to my tree, I had very little time to organize, analyze, and input data. I’ve overwhelmed by stacks of documents on my desk and files on my computer that I haven’t even printed out. My number one…