Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, here we go again. This time Randy has challenged us to write about three things that we have done right in our genealogy research. I’m starting to enjoy the challenges so I think I will take this one on also.
#1 - Keeping my master documents in a separate place. - Early on in my [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
A lot of the genealogy bloggers are following Randy Seaver’s lead and writing about their three genealogy regrets. I thought I might as well jump in. There are a lot of things that I regret but if I have to choose just three, here they are:
#1 - That I waited so long to start my [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, last night was an unusual night for me. I’ve done some research in the last year or two on my dad’s side of the family and I knew that my great-aunt had married into the Jaynes family. However, I really didn’t know any of them or had no idea how to get in touch [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
Larry Lehmer posed a question on his Passing It On blog and I wanted to throw in my choices to his question, which is “Where are three places in my own family hsitory that I’d like to visit?”
Omro, Wisconsin - I’ve heard many stories about the dairy farm my 2nd-great-grandfather had, the huge house which [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Mar 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Collateral Lines, is that what they are called? Correct me if I am wrong but a collateral ancestor is one not of direct descent but from the same ancestor stock! In other words, instead of just checking your grandfather why not check out your great-aunt and great-uncles. Some of their information can help you to [...]
Posted in Blogging In General, Genealogy In General on Mar 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
I just wanted to take a moment and thank Jasia for her suggestions and links. She was able to help me to get a button in my sidebar for the Carnival of Genealogy. The only thing I can’t figure out is why it has the little lines under it!? I can live with that though.
To [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Feb 21st, 2008 No Comments »
For those who want to know, I wanted to update you on how my documentation project is coming along. I must confess that it takes a lot of discipline to do this as I find myself straying quite often!
Though it may not sound like much, I am almost done with my immediate family! It [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Feb 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
OK, I love pondering strange questions here! Today, I want to investigate how many family tree files one should have.
So, first off, I would ask how many family trees do you have on your computer? My first guess would be 4. One for each of your grandparents. That’s the way I started off when I [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Feb 4th, 2008 No Comments »
OK, I know everyone has heard this a million times but I want to re-emphasize this to you all. Please take the time to document your research AS you are doing it! I am far from being an expert at the subject but I just wanted to share my dilemma with you all and perhaps [...]
Posted in Genealogy In General on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Hi everyone!
I haven’t written anything lately but I wanted to slip in and let you all know that I am still around. After my long absence I don’t want anyone to think I am abandoning my blog again!
I’ve begun documenting my father’s side of the family. It’s a lot of work but I am definitely [...]
