After my hard drive crashed in January and I got a new computer, I began reloading all my old genealogy files. This included folders filled with documents, indexes, and a variety of research sources. Now that I’ve got everything reloaded, I’m rethinking my former method of organization. Previously, I had a main folder titled “Genealogy…
Back on the Dolan Trail
I just cannot give up! As you know, yesterday I learned that a family I’d hoped was related to my tree and had been researching for some 5 years, turned out not to be related. It was really disappointing, to say the least. Today, I woke up with renewed verve and vowed that these Dolan’s…
I Found John Dolan’s Obituary
If you heard a heavy sigh awhile ago, that was me. I have been researching a prospective Dolan family for a couple of years now to see if the father might be my “Unknown Dolan”, brother to Patrick, Catherine, Margaret, and Bridget. Tonight I got my answer and it wasn’t good. I have a trial…
It’s Women’s History Month!
March is Women’s History Month. It’s appropriate that women should get their own month. They make up half our family tree 🙂 Have you ever stopped to think about the women in your tree? Who were they? What were their lives like? When I look over my pedigree I find women who are virtually without…
A Genealogy Website I Could Not Do Without
Everyone’s got favorite website. Some gravitate towards the large sites with numerous databases covering their area of research. Others have found a small site that covers a county or a town where their people originated from. Each would deem these websites indispensable. One website I could not do without is the SFGenealogy website run by…