A bored genealogist should never be left to their own devices 😉 A couple of years ago, I came across the book “Genealogias de S. Miguel e Santa Maria: Volume 1” by Rodrigo Rodrigues. This is a compilation of the lines of 21 of the original settlers to the islands of Sao Miguel and Santa…
RootsMagic Works For Me
[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy prompts because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is week #26…Genealogy Software.] When I first started working on my family tree, I bought a DOS bases software program called “The Leading Edge”. I love it. It…
Are You My Great Aunt?
A few days ago, I found a marriage entry that kind of blew me away. My Great Aunt, Margaret (Jackson) Fafri, was known to have married three times. But the marriage entry that I found for her “third” marriage showed that we all were wrong. She was married (at least) four times. In 1944, she…
Mistakes Happen
[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy prompts because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is week #28…Mistakes.] Mistakes happen in genealogy. Even the most experienced genealogy can read a name wrong, transpose a number, and come to the wrong conclusion. One of…
Binders or Folders?
[I am working backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is my entry for week #29…Organizational Tools. Here’s one of the things I learned from genealogy. Everyone has a method for organization that is the WAY THAT THINGS MUST BE DONE. …