Today is day 2 of RootsTech 2022. I spent less time on the Main Stage and more time in the Expo Hall. I managed to completely screw up the times for the live sessions. I will admit that I am time conversion challenged. I’m pretty bummed I missed Roberta Estes doing her DNA presentation and…
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Family Tree Magazine is Available Through Your Local Library for Free
I have made a wonderful discovery. You can read Family Tree magazine on your PC, laptop, or mobile device through your local public library for free. It’s possible if your library subscribes to Zinio for Libraries. If you aren’t familiar with this company, it is an online digital magazine service. You subscribe just as you…
Five Reasons You Should Collaborate with Other Genealogists
Genealogy is a lonely sport. You spent hours at a computer searching a database for a single relative who lived a hundred years ago. You sit in some musty, dusty room in the back of a library going through roll after roll of microfilm hoping to find at least one obituary. And, then when you…
My Maternal Grandmother’s Family Tree
I decided to create a widget for my Mom’s mother’s side. This is kind of sad. I have only two photos. There are no known photos of my Mom’s maternal grandfather. You can see that Harry Kenneth Jackson has left a whole in my tree. I’ve been working on his lines since 1990 and I…
My Maternal Grandfather’s Family Tree
One of the neat things about using WikiTree is once you have the data uploaded you can make some neat graphics for your blog. I wish I had more photos of my ancestors. The empty photo spots aren’t as appealing. I created this tree using their widget. These are my Azorean roots. embeddable family…