I had hoped to publish another Beake-related account this week, but circumstances have conspired against me. Part of the reason is I am now much-more disciplined in the amount of work I do before beginning the actual writing. Let me explain. In times past, I’d write a post, including sources, but without adding details to… Continue reading Prepping for a post…
Thanks to Linda at Empty Branches on the Family Tree for suggesting this post to Randy for this week’s SNGF at Geneamusings: 1) The year is 1900. Choose an ancestor who was living in that year and write a short life sketch (no more than 300 words).* 2) Tell us about it in your own blog… Continue reading Mid-week Genealogy Fun – Write a Short Life Sketch of an Ancestor Living in 1900…
Every Saturday I think “I’ve been working on building a post all week, it should be easy to put together.” By Sunday, I’m not so optimistic. Part of the issue is my standards – I set them pretty high for the work I put out onto the internet, and part is because there are so… Continue reading Elements of a blog post…
I’m in the mood for some genealogy fun on this rainy, windy, winter afternoon. Here’s Randy’s challenge for this week: Your mission, should you decide to accept it (and I hope more of you do than participated in the last several SNGF challenges), is to: 1) Daniel Loftus and several other genealogists on Twitter (see… Continue reading Sunday afternoon Genealogy Fun – What First Sparked Your Interest in Family History?
A few weeks ago, on her Fortify your Family Tree blog, DiAnn Iamarino asked “What’s in Your Genealogy Toolbox?” I answered in a comment there, but over the last few weeks have realized just how many tools I use regularly while working on my family tree and on this blog. At any given time I… Continue reading My genealogy toolbox…
I’m late to Randy Seaver‘s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over on his GeneaMusings blog again…busy day at work yesterday, so no energy left over for writing last night. I’m going to do two weeks worth of questions at the same time 🙂 The original questions are on Ellen Thompson-Jennings‘s Hound on the Hunt blog. 11) … Continue reading Sunday afternoon genealogy fun…
History has always fascinated me. For as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed delving into the past, imagining life in times gone by. I’m sure it’s partly what drew me to look into learning about my ancestors, and the more I discoveries I make, the more I want to know about the periods in… Continue reading Putting the history in family history…
This week I’m going to deviate from my usual topics and review a book[1] I finished reading recently. Even were I not writing family history myself, I would have gravitated towards this book just because of the title. Published late last year just up the road from me by Douglas & McIntyre, it follows several… Continue reading Book review: The Cowkeeper’s Wish: a genealogical journey by Tracy Kasaboski and Kristen den Hartog
It’s a New Year and I have some big plans for my genealogy work. First, I’m cutting my 52 Ancestors participation to once a month. I loved participating over the last twelve months, but doing so cut into my other genealogy pursuits in my limited spare time. So I will choose one prompt each month… Continue reading Genealogy Plans for 2019…
As my computer is still giving me trouble, I’m doing a shorter post this week, written on my tablet. The theme is “second to last” so I’m going to review the second to last book I added to my genealogy reference collection. Those of you who have followed my blog regularly know I’ve been experimenting… Continue reading 52 Ancestors…in which I reveal my “bible” for genealogy referencing…
writing my past 