Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Mar 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
Well, it’s time to try to get an article together for the Carnival of Genealogy’s 45th edition. The topic this time is “Cars as stars! Next to purchasing a house, a “new set of wheels” was the next most significant purchase for many families. What car played a starring roll in your family history and [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, today’s plans were pretty much ruined when I woke up to rain. I thought maybe it would go away, which it did eventually, but it was enough rain to make going to the cemetery impossible. I made the call around 10:00 AM and let the landowners know I wouldn’t be making it this week [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
You know, I’m not a professional photographer and I don’t try to claim to be a knowledgeable person when it comes to photographing tombstones. I would like to take the time to share with you a method that I have been using lately and see if anyone can help me to improve. I promise I [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Hi everyone! I just wanted to take a moment and point out a couple of great posts by Craig Manson. This is by no means the only great posts he has, just a couple that really caught my eye.
Craig has posted Open State Vital Records: Some Of The Best States and “Open” State Vital [...]
Posted in Web Site Design on Mar 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
Well, following up on yesterday’s post, I wanted to bring another of my dilemmas to my readers.
I’m preparing my other domain for what will be its transformation into my new home on the web. On my last site it was easy to put on front what it was all about. It was about my research [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 25th, 2008 No Comments »
What will they think of next? Lisa Cook at Genealogy Gems has posted a blog about a news reporter in Arizona who wanted to talk about “genealogy ripoffs”!
Well, if you go to Lisa’s and read the story then you will see that folks who don’t know anything about genealogy shouldn’t be doing a consumer report [...]
Posted in Website Updates on Mar 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Today, I had one of those moments. You know, your excited to be doing something but you realize that this will be the last time you do it!
I renewed the domain registration and hosting account for my Forbes - Stevenson Genealogy Home Page. I haven’t really done a lot on it lately. As a [...]
Posted in Internet Services on Mar 24th, 2008 No Comments »
OK, so this isn’t genealogy related but I just thought I would post this one. For all of us who use WordPress for our blogs this tool is invaluable!
I’ve been using the Akismet spam plug-in since I started this blog. It’s only been about 10 months but it has already eliminated about 2, 400 spam [...]
Posted in Funny Genealogy on Mar 21st, 2008 No Comments »
So, the other day I went to a local cemetery to look for a grave that someone had requested a photo for. I searched in the block where it should have been but couldn’t find it. Seeing some of the cemetery workers nearby, I decided to ask them for their help. One man took me [...]
Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Mar 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
The 44th edition of The Carnival of Genealogy has been posted. Jasia challenged us to write about a woman who has influenced us or made an impact on our lives. There are 34 posts by 32 different authors and, promise me, you will need to OBEY my title!
I hope everyone is doing great and I’m [...]
