I think one of the scariest disasters that happened during my life within the region I live in was the Oakland Hills Firestorm of 1991. I can still remember the events as if they happened recently. I remember that my sister, mom, and I were out shopping. We were driving somewhere near San Leandro and…
SNGF: Ancestors Geneameme
Tonight’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posted by Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings is to fill out the The Ancestors’ Geneameme posted by Geniaus Blog. I promise that is the last time you’ll see posted twice in the same sentence. 😉 This is the list and instructions: The Ancestors’ Geneameme The list should be annotated in…
Bringing Old Photos Back To Life: Picnik Test
I have a bunch (okay, 4 or 5 big photo album worth) of photos from the 1980s that are slowly fading into obscurity. The colors have washed out. They look worse than the color photos in my collection from the 1960s and 1970s! I wanted to use a couple of the photos for an article…
Newsreel Promoting the 1940 Census
I came across this today and thought that I would share. It’s a newsreel produced by the US Government promoting the upcoming enumeration of the 1940 US Federal Census. The newsreel explains the history of the census and why it is important. It then plays on the patriotic duty of all Americans to do what…
Same Sex Relationships and Genealogy Software
Thomas MacEntee of geneabloggers.com has asked us to write about genealogy and Gay ancestry for National Coming Day. While I don’t have any Gay ancestors (that I am aware of…yet), I have several Gay relatives within my tree. I am happy to add all relationships to my genealogy database. I enter those who are married,…