This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Challenge from Randy’s GeneaMusings website is to calculate the age at death of five generations of female ancestors. I’ll be using RootsMagic to help me with this task. Mother: Still Going Strong Grandmothers Anna (Jackson) Shellabarger (1912-2006) – 93 yrs Anna (Mazeres) Lassalle (1897-1984) – 86 yrs Great Grandmothers Margaret…
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SNGF: Genealogy Database Statistics
Randy has his weekly challenge at GeneaMusings.com ready for us. This week his challenge asks us to find our genealogy statistical reports. Then, find the answer to how many people, places, sources, etc., are in the database? I use RootsMagic 7 to maintain my family tree database. Normally, I would head over to the statistical…
SNGF: Lifespans of My 2nd Great Grandparents
Randy has supplied us with another intriguing Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. This challenge involves looking at how old my 2nd great grandparents lived to be. I enjoy these types of challenges as they give me a different way of looking at my genealogy. I cheated and let RootsMagic 7 Family Tree Genealogy Software do the…
SNGF: My Best Genealogy Day Ever
Randy Seaver has this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posted. The question for tonight is “What is your very best genealogy day ever?” Ever is such a long time. Truth be told, there were many best genealogy days since I began researching in 1990. I’m going to tell you about the first time I found…
SNGF: Three Things About My Dad
As Father’s Day is tomorrow, Randy has given us a Dad themed challenge for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Let me tell you three things about my dad. 1. You could not throw anything away in my dad’s presence. Just try to put something out for Goodwill pick up. You’d find it months later sitting on…