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The Graveyard Rabbit Online Journal
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A blog dedicated to my collection of orphan photographs....
Cemeteries of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
A Charter Member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits...
A Charter Member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits...
Preserving the past of the Cahill, Miller, McMahon, Rottman, Stoffel, Wach, & Webster families (and many other twigs)!...
footnoteMaven
Pencils and White Gloves and Standards, Oh My!
I'm waving the white gloves. It seems I may only be an eighth correct, a quarter correct, a half correct, not correct at all - who knows - when it comes to wearing gloves while handling historic documents. I only have my own experiences to guide me and it was...
What I Think About - Who Do You Think You Are?
"A young man with so much old information."~ Sarah Jessica Parker to New England Genealogist Josh Taylor ~The long awaited night of the premier of "Who Do You Think You Are?" has come and gone. I could not be more pleased. Family historians and genealogists, we of the "can't get...
Medals Of The Genea-Bloggers Games
In reading the blogs of the GeneBloggers' Games participants I noticed all the medals have black backgrounds. The medals were created in the .png format so that they could be placed on any color background.If you want to remove the black background, right click on any of the images below...
Language is something to be celebrated, and March 4 is the perfect day to do it. It's not only a date, it's an imperative: March forth on March 4 to speak well, write well, and help others do the same!Today Is The Third Annual National Grammar DayNational...
One of my good Twitter friends, Missy Corley of Bayside Research Services, sent me a tweet earlier today letting me know she'd seen me hanging out.Maven? Hanging out? I went to see for myself. Well, what do you know, there was fM on american libraries DIRECT, The e-newsletter of...
When I wrote the "It's My Party - And I'll Lie If I Want To" post, I did something that I was hoping would be noticed. I presented you with what is called a naked fact. Such bad form! I was hoping against hope one of my readers would catch...
Orations of OMcHodoy
March is Women's History Month, and this month's edition of "Smile for the Camera" asks us to sing the praises of the unsung heroines of our ancestry. Without further ado, I present to you the women who made up OMcHodoy:"O" is for "O'Rourke, as in my mother, Regina "Jean" Ann O'Rourke."Mc"...
If you by chance happen to be on Facebook, and if by chance you happen to have the same friend list as I have, you might by chance be wondering what all the WDYTYA'ing is all about. Unless, of course, you happen to know that tonight was NBC's debut of...
Genealogists get so excited over things that "normal" people don't: An obituary. A death certificate. A tombstone. We can be an odd bunch.We also get excited over the additions we get to make to our genealogy databases because of information we find in an obituary. On a death certificate, or...
The Super Bowl of Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Thanks, Randy, for my favorite SNGF activities to date. I am one big NFL fan, and this was truly a blast! Here are the rules:1) Tell us about your dream game of the Super Bowl of Genealogy! * Where would it be played? * What teams would play? * Who...
We are really getting close to THE date, so I'd best get moving on my series of speaker intros for the Mesa, Az FH Expo! We've got a U.S. representative for Genline, AB. which offers access to Swedish records, some higher-ups who provide family history training to priesthood leaders, the founder...
What better way to celebrate two years of this blog than by posting another installment of Let's Go to Expo? WOOOHOOO! Here's what's coming up on January 22 & 23 in Mesa, Arizona!This installment has some great names from great people, from the President of Incline Software to an author...
Granite in My Blood
Jonathan WEATHERBEEOriginally uploaded by midgefrazelI took this photo for its fine carving example and it's intact nature. Except for the lichen, this could have been the grave of a recently deceased person.Mr. Jonathan Weatherbee died 22 Feb 1769 in his 84th year....
Sarah C. KERNOriginally uploaded by midgefrazelSarah C. KERN, first wife of Mr. Chandler BRUCE, died with her infant son, 1 June 1838 in Stow, MA. She was only 31. They married 2 Jan, 1828 in Cambridge, MA. This information was taken from the Massachusetts Vital Record to 1850 for Stow...
Back Side KioskOriginally uploaded by midgefrazelAt the lower Village Cemetery, there is an information kiosk. A map is on the front and on the back there is a full listing of each person buried there. This is only a small section of the whole chart. It would have been nice...
Map at Kiosk in Lower Village CemeteryOriginally uploaded by midgefrazelIn Lower Village Cemetery in Stow, there is an information kiosk near the front wall of the cemetery. I imagine in the future there will be solar powered kiosks like this that you can use to type in a name and...
Wordless Wednesday: Washed Out
Washed OutOriginally uploaded by midgefrazelTaken with my cell phone in strong sunlight, this photo is a great example of "washed out" effect. I did retake it....
Tombstone Tuesday: Rev. John GARDNER
Rev. John GARDNEROriginally uploaded by midgefrazelThis huge stone, resting on several brick supports (like tablet stone) is the grave of Rev. John GARDNER and Mary his wife and it reads in part..."Under this Sepulchral Stone/rests in Christian Hope/of a Blessed Resurrection/ what was mortal/of the Reverend John Gardner/and Mary his...
Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe
Genealogy Web Sites You Can Use
Here are some genealogy websites that may be useful in your research:o American Battle Monuments Commission: www.abmc.gov/home.phpo Canadian Genealogy Centre, Library and Archives Canada: www.collectionscanada.gc.cao Canada GenWeb: www.canadagenweb.orgo ...
Book Review: Who Do You Think You Are? by Megan Smolenyak
....Who Do You Think You Are? The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and published by Viking/Penguin Group, was released recently to the public, and is available on Amazon Books in hard-cover or Kindle format, and in major bookstores.The book is a companion guide to...
Hank Jones is coming to CVGS on 24 March
....The Wednesday, March 24th program of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society features world-renowned genealogy author and speaker, Henry Z. "Hank" Jones, Jr. on "How Psychic Roots Became an Unsolved Mystery." The program starts at 12 noon in the Auditorium at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library in...
CVGS Research Group 3/10/10 Summary
....The Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group meeting had the "gang of 14" in attendance today - and a lively group it was!Randy summarized the month by going over Faces of America (6 of 14 watched it), Who Do You Think You Are? (10 of 14 watched it), the...
CVGS at the Escondido Family History Fair
.....The Chula Vista Genealogical Society was well represented at the Escondido Family History Fair on Saturday, 6 March at the Family History Center in Escondido.There were at least 15 current CVGS members in attendance for the presentations and the exhibits. John, Ruth, Gary and Randy helped set up and man...
New or Updated Genealogy Databases - March, Post 1
Some of the new or updated genealogy databases available at different websites include:1) Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/) (subscription required):o US Federal Census - 1880 Schedule of Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes (US)o Vermont Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1909-2008 (US)o Connecticut Divorce Index, 1968-1997 (US)o Upper Brittany, France, Vital Records (World)o Burke’s Peerage and...
All My Branches Genealogy
Recently, I posted the article, Helping Hands, for the 88th Carnival of Genealogy’s theme on “Volunteerism”. That post started the wheels in my brain turning, and I wondered, “Just what type of organizations did my family and ancestors join? What were their roles? How long did they continue their associations?...
Volunteer as a noun is defined by Dictionary.com as: a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking or a person who performs a service willingly and without pay. Volunteerism is defined by the same source as above as: the policy or practice of volunteering one’s time or talents...
Why can I not seem to find my paternal great-grandfather’s Ohio Death Certificate on the family search site? He died in 1924, well within the range that has been digitized and posted. Surname: HOUSE. I’ve even gone so far as to enter in variations: Howse, Hows, Hous, Louse, Lows, etc. ...
I’m a day late on a Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post (thanks for the topic, Randy Seaver, of Genea-Musings!). Several of my Best of 2009 moments came from items that fell into my lap so to speak. After my mother passed away, I found many documents and photos that I hadn’t...
The parents of my great-grandfather – Joseph Napolean Wilt – were Israel Isaac Wilt and Christine (or Christena) Nash. I haven’t delved into the Nash family very deeply and wonder if I’ve really scratched the surface. One of my resolutions, posted in I Resolved To . . ., is to...
I started out 2009 with high hopes for the blog – participating in meme’s, Carnivals, and word prompts. These are the stats for 2009: January: 14 posts; 16 Comments; 1,293 Total Visits February: 14 Posts; 23 Comments; 1,357 Total Visits March: 9 Posts; 10 Comments; 1,061 Total Visits April: 6 Posts; 15 Comments; 925...
Mac Genealogy Software
There was an update yesterday to this PC virtualization software. It’s used by some MacGenealogists to run Windows genealogy software. There doesn’t appear to be anything in this build of particular interest to genealogists, but it looks like there are some worthwhile fixes, so go update your copy. Here is the...
MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.6.8
The changes in this version are: Completely new User Guide localized in English, French and German Date Picker works correctly now in all localizations Bug fixes for MobileFamilyTree 2 Sync Several other bug fixes What do you think of the new User Guide?...
The Ancestry.com application for iPhone and iPod touch has been updated in the App Store. The 1.0.1 release adds support for first generation iPod touch and fixes a crash bug....
Ancestry.com “Tree To Go” iPhone App
I’ve checked out the iPhone (and iPod touch) app recently released by Ancestry.com. The free app is called Tree To Go. It enables you to examine and update the trees you have on Ancestry.com through your iPhone—no, you can’t search the databases at Ancestry.com through the app. A synchronization feature...
MacGenealogist Videos on Facebook
I’ve created a new fan page on Facebook and I’m in the process of copying all the MacGenealogist screencast videos to it. This will make the videos easier for you to find and more accessible to people who are new to them. The videos look great on Facebook! Please drop by...
MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.6.6
The release addresses the following: Several fixes and improvements for the coordinate lookup for the Virtual Globe Crash issue fixed for Mac OS X 10.5 Database migration issue fixed for older Version 4 databases You can download the latest version here....
Genealogy News
If you're interested in genealogy and have watched the new NBC program 'Who Do You Think You Are,' we'd like to interview you for an article....
New TV Shows Spur Interest In Genealogy
A spate of new TV shows is creating renewed interest in genealogy, and Cincinnati is uniquely equipped to help those interested in their own past....
'Community' Recap: 'Basic Genealogy'
Just when I thought Community could not get any wilder and awkward, family week at Glendale happened....
Connell To Speak At Genealogy Society Meeting On Ancestry.com
Josh Connell, a former employee of Ancestry.com, will the guest speaker at the monthly Rockbridge Area Genealogy Society on Thursday, March 11th....
Best DNA-driven genealogy videos online & best of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy
ISOGG newsletter, Feb 2010 Sacramento genealogy associations might be interested in checking out some of the best DNA-driven genealogy videos online at Worldnews.com . For example, King Tut's DNA, a video showing malaria did him in as a teenager....
Meryl Streep - Streep Learns She's Related to Pal Nichols on TV
MERYL STREEP was left stunned by a TV study of her family tree - because it uncovered her family links to moviemaker MIKE NICHOLS, who is one of her closest friends....
Family Matters
TextExpander for Mac and iPhone
Mac users who find themselves typing the same thing over and over will love TextExpander from Smile on My Mac. After setting up your frequently typed snippets with an identifying abbreviation, all you do is type the abbreviation and TextExpander automatically replaces it with the saved snippet. If you have...
I picked up the March/April issue of Discovering Family History to read while I enjoyed my Saturday morning Barnes & Noble coffee ritual and was pleasantly surprised to find another article focusing on genealogy bloggers [Leslie Albrecht Huber's 15 Genealogy Blogs You Need to Read!]. I was even more surprised...
WeRelate Tip: Use your profile to bookmark your pages
One of the primary reasons to update your WeRelate profile page is to provide contact information so you can make connections with others researching your families and locations. As WeRelate grows, I’m finding that I frequently visit pages outside my family pages. Although WeRelate provides a watch list to notify...
You can now use Skype on your mobile phone! Yes, Skype is now available for the iPhone (and iPod Touch 2nd generation or higher using the earphones with mic) and Symbian phones with Android and Blackberry phones following soon. On the iPhone, you can see who’s online and text message...
The featured page at WeRelate is James Kerr – and with good reason. It’s a fabulous example of how to organize and present your research using WeRelate. And, while you’re there, follow the link to the Augusta County page – another delight! Related posts:WeRelate: Building Your Family Story Research Guides WeRelate Research...
Research Toolbox: eBook Reader
Every day more and more books are added to ebook libraries like Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive with historical and genealogical value. From journals of Civil War soldiers and regimental histories to diaries of settlers as they travel across the country looking for a new home, these manuscripts have great...
Myrt's Blogs
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Utah Genealogical Association Blog
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2010 NGS Family History Conference
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This site is designed to coordinate the 41st (2010), 45th, 50th and subsequent class reunions of the 1969 graduates of Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland....
News and information from Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, Discovering Family History, and History Magazine....
A Baby Shower for Kimberly Savage
Kimberly Savage is having a baby! And we all love her so much we know we are just going to love this baby too. Come celebrate with us....
Photo-Sleuth
Whistling Bird, the Arizona Cowboy and the Disappearing Lady
The 83rd Carnival of Genealogy, hosted by Janet Isles at her blog Janet the Researcher, is entitled Play Me, and encourages Geneabloggers to write about a musical instrument that they or other family members have played. Apart from my youngest daughter and aunt who both, like the elegantly coiffured and...
Digging for gold on the wild West Coast
Nola Sinclair recently sent me scans of a couple of engaging cartes de visite by H.H. Vorley of Westport, Charleston and Reefton, on the West Coast of New Zealand, who I have featured in a previous Photo-Sleuth article. She explained that "the subjects in the photo are likely to be...
Almost a year ago I posted this image of a rather bizarre transportation device in an article on Photo-Sleuth in the hope that readers would be able to help solve the mystery of what exactly it was, and why it appears in my aunt's collection of old family photographs. The...
All lined up in the school playground in their Sunday best
I have wondered, when looking at old school photographs from the Victorian period, whether the children are wearing their ordinary everyday school clothes, or if an impending visit from the photographer was enough of an occasion for their parents to dress them in their Sunday best. I found mention...
Chrysler Building, New York City, 1931Platinum print by Margaret Bourke-WhiteImage © Time-Life & courtesy of Gallery MMotivated - perhaps inspired would be a better word - by Colleen Fitzpatrick's Forensic Genealogy mystery photo contest this week (Contest #226), I've been thinking art deco (or should that be Art Deco). ...
Jabez Brown (1843-1921) Railway clerk of Litchurch, Derby
Each Saturday night the indefatigable Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings posts an article inviting fellow Geneabloggers to join him in some fun, usually a little exercise on the lighter side of family history. This informal but regular event is a popular one in the geneablogging community but, for one reason...
huffenglish.com
OK, so my friends have reached the point of stopping calling and asking me if I want to hang out. I had a stack of essays—ungraded—shuttling back and forth from school to my house for a month. A month! I am teaching five classes, five different preps. And this is...
The Knowledge Sharing Place – LiveBinders Gathering information to share? How do you pull everything together? LiveBinders is your online 3-ring binder. Best of all, it’s free! Would be great for writing portfolios. tags: education, english, livebinders, sharing, organization, portfolio, web2.0, productivity TCRecord: Article Jim Burke shared this article by Nanci Atwell on the...
American literature teachers (and lovers)! Tales of the Jazz Age: 11 Classic Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald is available on Amazon for $4.99. I don’t usually do this kind of thing, but it sounded like a great value to me, so I’m passing it on. The collection includes “The...
President Bill Clinton on Shakespeare’s Lessons in Leadership – asides.shakespearetheatre.org Bill Clinton discusses Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Richard II, and Henry V. tags: education, literature, shakespeare, resources Author interview: Barbara Kingsolver | Poisonwood Bible: Fall 2008 Reading Group | LibraryThing Barbara Kingsolver’s interview about the Poisonwood Bible contains fascinating information about the craft of writing. tags: education,...
Literature Circles Resource Center Collection of resources, including handouts and research, for literature circles in the classroom. tags: books, reading, literature, education, resources, litcircles Home Page The Great Books Foundation offers classroom reading and discussion programs and professional development. They focus on Shared Inquiry discussion. tags: books, reading, literature, education Posted from Diigo. The rest of...
I had a great time and went to so many great sessions at this year’s GCTE Conference at Callaway Gardens. This first session I attended explored the use of Plasq’s Comic Life software in school projects (Kristen Kallaher, Stone Mountain High School). I have Comic Life on my Mac, and I...
DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog
Behind the Scenes: WDYTYA? Emmitt Smith
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: This is just in from our friends over at Ancestry.com, one of the sponsors of Who Do You Think You Are? currently broadcasting on Friday nights 8pm Eastern, 7 Central.Behind the Scenes of Who Do You Think You Are? - Emmitt SmithSeasoned researchers know that discovering...
British Institute: 4-8 Oct 2010 SLC
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: Long overdue is the cross-posting of this press release from our friends at the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History. Please address all inquiries through the website mentioned below.PRESS RELEASEFor immediate releaseThe International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) is delighted to announce...
Who Do You Think You Are? TONIGHT
DearREADERS,Got things lined up, popcorn ready, and we're poised to queue up again to watch the US version of Who Do You Think You Are? at 8pm Eastern US time TONIGHT. Yes, we're back in Virginia for a month.This week features Emmitt Smith's challenge discovering his roots. From the advertising...
More on Immigration Family History Expo next week
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: This just in with details as about 50 of my DearREADERS have requested about the upcoming Immigration Family History Expo to be held next week in Salt Lake City, Utah.Let Your Light Shine on Immigration!Thursday, March 18th, 2010. 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.At the door registration begins...
Twitters about Footnote.com & Census
DearREADERS,A number of genea-bloggers and researchers have posted tweets about a Footnote.com offer to open the doors to free access of US federal census records. Acting as a casual online genealogy researcher, Ol' Myrt decided to visit www.Footnote.com to check it out.No where is there mention on the site of...
RootsTelevision.com to stay active
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: Good news just received from our friends at RootsTelevision.com. Please address all inquiries to Megan as indicated below.Dear RootsTelevision.com Viewer,OK, you convinced me! After getting inundated with emails, tweets, and Facebook postings and messages about the closing of RootsTelevision.com (RTV), I've decided to keep it going. I...
Amy's Genealogy, etc. Blog
Melvil Dewey and the Winter Olympics
I have always enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I enjoy the grace of figure skating, the thrill of the Alpine events, and the absolute insanity of bobsledding and luge. As a library student, it was a pleasant surprise to find a strong connection between the Winter Olympics and Melvil Dewey, developer...
Revised edition of Ohio Towns and Townships
According to Tom Neel, Library Director at the Ohio Genealogical Society, OGS will be printing a revised edition of Ohio Towns and Townships to 1900: A Location Guide. OGS would like to hear from anyone with additions and corrections for inclusion in the new edition. If you have such information, email...
The Ohio Historical Society has just launched a new website to raise awareness of Ohio’s role in the Civil War: OhioCivilWar150.org. The site features: Digital collections, such as Ohio regimental battle flags A timeline of Civil War events News about upcoming events Discussion forum A section for teachers I am looking forward to watching this site...
Lincoln Collection at the Allen County Public Library
Ever since the announcement that the documents from the Lincoln Collection at the former Lincoln Museum would move to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, I’ve been anxious to see just what treasures are in the collection. If the first round of digital images are any indication, the...
Online petition to save the Library of Michigan
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has issued Executive Order 2009-36, abolishing the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries. This order abolishes the Library of Michigan and disperses the collection. This would be a travesty not only to the people of Michigan, but to the entire United States. The Library of Michigan...
Governor Ted Strickland’s proposed state budget includes a nearly 50% cut in the state’s Public Library Fund. This will be devastating to all public libraries, especially to the approximately two-thirds of public libraries that don’t receive local funding. In such difficult economic times, public libraries play an increasingly important role in...
DNA - Genealem's Genetic Genealogy
Blood of the Isles - DVD Press Release
DVD RELEASE OUT ON 12 MARCH 2010 WINNER OF 2010 IRISH FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDSBEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES'Blood of the Irish'by Crossing the Line FilmsCrossing The Line Films are delighted to announce the release of the IFTA winning documentary series 'Blood of the Irish', a 2 hour documentary that seeks the...
Who Do You Think You Are 2010 in London
WDYTYA 2010Who Do You Think You Are (WDYTYA) 2010, the world’s largest genealogy conference, was a wonderful success. Like last year, the line at the door started early and stretched for several blocks. But the crowds were definitely larger every day, and the traffic was much heavier on Sunday...
My 23andMe Success Stories #2 & #3
I have successfully found common ancestors for two more of my 23andMe cousins. (See a previous blog for the first cousin found.) I am quite surprised to find my DNA still has enough of my ancestors genes from the 1600s to find matches!As far as the actual markers...
Family Finder Test by Family Tree DNA Just Announced!
No one disputes the fact that tracing women is by far one of the most difficult feats for a genealogist, especially before DNA testing existed. Lineages stop at women for several reasons. Prior to thetwentieth century it was a man’s world. By law and custom husbands controlled society:...
Joan gave permission to have her 23andMe success story posted on my blog. With every success story, interested genealogists can learn the importance of DNA testing and researching your lines in a wide path as you go back in time. Just knowing your direct line is not not very...
Two New TV Series Based on Genealogy and Genetic Genealogy
Greetings,There have been a lot of things happening with DNA testing these days and more yet to come so stay tuned to this blog. Currently, we have two new TV series focusing on genealogy in February and March.Dr. Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. is the first African American to have his...
PC Genealogy Software
In case you missed it (because the RootsMagic News screen is disabled), an update to RootsMagic was released on July 10th. This brings the version number of this leading PC genealogy software to 4.0.4.0. The update includes some new features and some fixes. New Added a feature to fix broken media / image...
Legacy Family Tree Updated to 7.0.0.100
The folks at Millenia released an update to their PC genealogy software, Legacy Family Tree last week. This one adds fields to prepare the software for upcoming integration with FamilySearch. There's a GEDCOM export change that you can use to prevent British Quarter dates from being converted to date ranges. A new...
Family Tree Maker 2009 Service Pack 1 Bug Fix Release
The Generations Network Released a bug fix update to their PC genealogy software Family Tree Maker 2009. This update fixes issues reported in service pack 1. The fixes identified in the update are: Task category creation and use in Person view. Calendars fail to display when showing February 29th. Memory usage...
Family Historian 4 Officially Released Today
While Calico Pie actually made it available for purchase at the end of April, they officially annouced version 4 today. Some of the interface has been completely rewritten to make it easier to use. New features in version 4 include: A new hub component window called the Focus Window, with views...
Here’s a Quick Way to See Relationships in Legacy Family Tree
It's often helpful, when viewing the data in our genealogy software, to see at a glance what relationship one person has to another. In this video: Viewing Relationships in the Legacy Family Tree Family View, I show you how, click-by-click, to display the relationships of the people on the Legacy...
Adding a Spouse in Family Tree Maker 2009
Adding a spouse to a person's record in your genealogy software is a very common task. In this video: Adding a Spouse in PC Genealogy Software Family Tree Maker 2009, I show you click-by-click, how it's done. This includes three ways to begin the process of adding a spouse,...
The Genealogue
The proofreader of the Topeka Capital-Journal may soon be replaced by a 13-year-old.A 13-year-old who began reading when he was in kindergarten won the 2010 Topeka Capital-Journal Regional Spelling Bee in the 25th round when he spelled "geneaology," the study of family history. [Link, via] ...
Kimberly Powell proves that, while not everything is online, enough is online to make Sarah Jessica Parker weepy.My Scots Ancestors presents the geekiest genealogy post in the world, converting Ahnentafel numbers to their binary equivalents. If you were born to a surrogate mother, use base 3.A genealogy blogger wrote about...
Interesting discussion over at Genea-Musings here and here regarding the question whether an American of Colonial descent should be able to document his complete ancestry back ten generations.The problems Randy brings up are rooted in our unique American history:Ours is a federal system of government. Any requirements for BMD registration...
Neil Genzlinger's New York Times column on tonight's premiere of "Who Do You Think You Are?" warns potential family historians not to get their hopes up.Some of us may take the genealogical plunge expecting cool family stories like the ones the celebrities get, only to find that we’ve been ordinary...
Simpsons Genetically Predisposed to Seek Out Blue Beehives?
On last night's Simpsons episode, one of Lisa's paternal ancestors looked remarkably like Lisa's mother, who is related only by marriage to the Simpsons.Back to the Future III had a similar problem. Writer/producer Bob Gale and writer/director Robert Zemeckis were once asked to explain how the same actress ended up...
Don't Blame Stupidity On Your Genes
Who's stupider—Time columnist Joel Stein or his great-grandmother?I found out through the 1930 Census that my father's father's parents paid $45 a month for a one-room New York City apartment for six people and they were the only ones on the block without a radio. My great-grandmother, when asked what...
Creative Gene
First Edition of the Carnival of Genealogical Societies
The first edition of the Carnival of Genealogical Societies was published this week. There were 15 participants who wrote on the topic: "Doin' Things Right! Shine a spotlight on a specific program, project, or publication at a genealogical society and tell us why it worked. Tell an anecdote about how...
Michigan History for Genealogists
The Historical Society of Michigan is presenting it's local history conference next weekend in Dearborn, Michigan.The 52nd annual Michigan in Perspective: the Local History Conference will be held March 19-20, 2010 at The Dearborn Inn. The conference was organized by the Michigan in Perspective Planning Committee and the lead sponsor...
The Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan has some great meetings lined up in the next few months...On March 20, the PGSM will hold its first meeting of the year in the Panorama Room at the Orchard Lake Schools from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Polish Mission Director Marcin Chumiecki and Archives Director Rev....
I am honored to be on the 15 Genealogy Blogs You Need to Read! list compiled by Leslie Albrecht Huber for this month's Discovering Family History magazine. What a delight it is to be in such good company too! I learned about this from the Family Matters blog, which is also on the...
My great grandmother, Karolina Furman, was born on this day (yes, today is her birthday!) in 1864, that would be 146 years ago today. Happy Birthday Great Grandma!I've put off writing about Karolina for far too long. My reasons for doing so were twofold. 1.) I have no pictures of...
My sincere thanks to my cousin ME who is so kind and generous. She shared this photo with me and made my wish for a picture of my great grandmother come true!Created for the carnival, Smile for the Camera....