The 31 weeks challenge to a Better Genealogy Blog over at Tonia’s Roots for this week requires contacting a blog reader. Specific action items include: Spend 10-15 minutes connecting with your readers, either via email or comments. Make sure at least … Continue reading
In my last Society Saturday post featuring the work I’m doing for the local historical society on the family of Phineas H. Howe, I left off with the question of what could possess Phineas, a widower with two sons, aged … Continue reading
I thought long and hard about attending the 2011 FGS conference (Sept. 7-10 in Springfield, Illinois); there were a lot of very interesting classes, and it is smack-dab in the middle of an area I’m currently researching intensively for my … Continue reading
When I started composing this post in my head, I intended it to be about cousins – I’ve had some remarkable luck over the past couple days in breaking down a brick wall through the generosity of a far-flung cousin … Continue reading
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Some ancestors, either by virtue of their personality or their maddening elusiveness, become ‘pets’. Favorites. Those you remember most and seek first amongst all the hundreds (perhaps thousands for the researchers who’ve been at it a while) of individuals in … Continue reading
I meant to do this week’s challenge from Tonia’s Roots much sooner than this, but I found out that my last post in my blog had been copied in its entirety and posted on another blog full of spam today. … Continue reading
A recent post over at Genea-musings about Ancestry.com’s latest ad campaign had me thinking about the beauties and pitfalls of those addictive, shaky little leaves. When I first joined Ancestry.com three years ago and began my first serious foray into my genealogy, … Continue reading
It’s been a week since I began piecing together the lives of the Howe family from the letters loaned to me by the local historical society, and what a week it’s been! I started off by poking around online, mostly … Continue reading
Though I’ve been researching my family for three years, I’ve yet to set foot in a courthouse for research purposes. I’ve watched webinars offering excellent advice, and I have a useful book on the subject by Christine Rose. I’ve even searched … Continue reading