I want to wish all my readers a Happy 4th of July! May you have wonderful and safe celebrations. The area where I live is very dry and I’m hoping my neighbors go out to watch fireworks so the firefighters can have some rest. Today is the day we celebrate the Declaration of Independence. The…
We have a little bit of what in our tree?
I always find it humorous when people who haven’t researched the family tree tell me what nationalities and ethnic groups lie within the branched. And, so it went with a conversation I had with my Mom last week. I can’t remember how we got on the topic, but we started talking about the different countries…
A Collection of Father’s Day Posts
My Dad died in May of 2010. Since then, I written a few posts and articles about him. I thought that I would share those with you all today. This is one of only two baby photos of my Dad that still exist today. It’s funny because he has a striking resemblance to my oldest…
SNGF: My Genealogy Fun involves Evernote
Randy has put up his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun for this week. I’m supposed to write about what genealogy fun I had this week. I wish I could say I went on some wonderful field trip…but I didn’t. My genealogy fun involves Evernote. Last week, I went back to working in the French Civil Records. …
It’s Our Blogaversary!
A little bird named Grant told me that it’s my blogaversary today! (Thanks Grant!) The Research Journal has been up and running for 6 years. Wow! When I first started this blog, it had a very different purpose. The first few months I worked through research problems and showed how I solved them. Eventually, I…