For Tombstone Tuesday, I decided to do something different. Instead of posting about a tombstone, I thought I would update you all on my efforts to add records to Findagrave.com. I had 16 entries in the database prior to moving. Then I lost the binder with all my Holy Cross Cemetery file card copies. Last…
New Look for the Chronicling America Website
Has anyone had a chance to visit the Library of Congress newspaper website “Chronicling America” recently? Since I visited two weeks ago, the website has a whole new look and search interface. I am working on my relatives, Nellie Jones and William Hull Phelps. I believe I found them in census and mortuary records, but…
This is the Face of Genealogy
[Read about it at: Face of Genealogy]
It’s Our Blog-A-Versary!!!
The Research Journal is three years old today! Woo hoo! Throw the confetti and let the balloons go! 😀 I originally started this blog as research journals. I would take a research problem and work them through in each post. I went flat with this idea after awhile and abandoned the blog. Several months later,…
SNGF: If I Had Only Known
Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge is posted at Genea-Musings. This week the topic is “If I had know then, what I know now…” Boy, I sure could write volumes on this! There are a couple of things I wish I had know back when I started genealogy… 1. How to Organize Digitized Records…