Getting back into the swing of things, it’s time for Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun! This week my assignment is to make a surname Christmas tree. I don’t have the patience to type surnames and try to form them into a tree. I’m going to cheat and use Tagxedo. I found a shape like a…
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SNGF: Pick a Name
Randy’s latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge is up. Tonight’s challenge is to go to my genealogy database. Scroll down to the letter B, and select the last person in my list. Then, tell what I know about this person. 1. The last person in my letter B’s is Manuel Buttelo. 2. I see that…
SNGF: Surname Distribution
Randy has given us an interesting challenge tonight for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Go over to ancestry.com and try out their Surname Distribution Map app. I’m going to use 1920 for all my maps since these people weren’t in the US before 1882 (and most came in the 1890s). I started with my own surname,…
SNGF: Where on the map?
Randy’s latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge asks us to create maps using the interface at defocus.net showing where we’ve lived and where we have visited. Then, we’re supposed to do the same for our ancestors. I have only been in two US States. I’ve lived in California all my life and I’ve been to…
SNGF: Trick and Treat
Randy has put up his weekly Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. This week we’re supposed to post a trick we have learned recently and then post a treat we’ve received. The trick I learned recently helped me research property in San Francisco via the San Francisco Property Information Database. By entering an address (be sure…