The real Olympics are over and so are the GeneaOlympics. I want to thank Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings for his extra challenges and, of course, AnceStories for the original challenges. This time around I decided to focus primarily on challenges that were related to my blog. My blog was sorely in need of some love…
A visit with cousin Marian
[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention the first half of the year. This is week #31…Cousins.] I have had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of a few cousins online through my genealogy. In some cases we have been able to meet…
Do you verify other people’s research?
Often times, we get some genealogy gifts. A genealogical society sends us a pedigree with our ancestors, a cousin sends us a filled out family group sheet, or we find one side of our tree in an online database. The urge to input these names directly to our database is strong–very strong. We’re so excited…
My Very First Deed
My latest discovery has to deal with my first adventure in researching land records. Even though I’ve been researching for over 20 years, I have not had to do land research. It was an aspect of genealogy I hadn’t really delved into. I knew that my San Francisco ancestors held land back as early as…
That’s Old News: The Victor Talking Machines
I was going through the 2 May 1911 edition of the Garden Island News (Kauai, HI) when this bit of business news caught my eye. It says “J.I. Silva, Eleele, is the agent for Victor Talking Machines.” I wondered what the Victor Talking Machine might be. I found an add on another page for J.I….