When I get lost in my genealogy research, my husband says I’ve gone “down the rabbit hole.” A very apt expression indeed as I the real world disappears and I’m focussed only on what I can see on the screen. Like Alice, I’m no longer in the regular world. At least very few of my… Continue reading Down the rabbit hole…
When I first started working on my family tree, way back in the early 1990s, I had very little information other than the tree my mum’s cousin had given her for one of our branches. No documents, no letter, no photos. All I had was that one tree, a computer I shared with my husband,… Continue reading Getting (and staying) organized…
I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but there are days during my genealogical research that “single-minded and obsessed” definitely describes me. A problem presents itself and I that’s it, I’m determined to solve it, no matter how long it takes. Or how long I stay in my chair. It’s a dangerous thing. Research of… Continue reading Single-minded and obsessed…
writing my past 