Hi Friends! I hope everyone has had a good week. I have had an excellent week searching for ancestors. Of course my life isn’t all about ancestors, but that’s my most favorite part besides my family!Let’s talk more about Norway and its people shall we? In fact, just like the title says, let’s talk more about Norwegian place...
Documenting Our Ancestor’s Lives
Hi,
friends! I hope all is well this week! Any good genealogy gems this week?
Wasn’t RootsTech amazing last week. I learned so much about the different
aspects of genealogy. I want to focus this week on documenting our genealogy. Why
do we search for hours on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org looking for that
elusive record? Why does it matter to...
RootsTech and Becoming a Professional Genealogist
RootsTech logoHello
everyone! How’s it going this week? It’s Roots Tech week! What’s that you say?
It’s a genealogy convention held in Salt Lake City, UT that covers everything genealogy. They have classes on just about everything,
DNA, photos, preservation, tech, regional research, maps, social media, latest
news and trends, etc. They...
Scandinavian Marriage Records-More than just Names
Happy Valentine’s month! I hope you’ve had a great week. I also hope you had a great Valentine’s Day yesterday. We will be talking about Scandinavian marriage records in a minute because marriage records are a great topic to talk about for the month of February. But first let me tell you about my Valentine’s day. It was a normal day...
Your Ancestor’s Marriage Customs and Genealogy
Happy Valentine’s month everyone!
Isn’t it great to celebrate love in all of its forms? Love for a friend, spouse, child, coworker,
neighbor, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc. is what we are all about this
month. To me it’s like a second Christmas. I want to feel that warm magical
feeling that makes me love the world. I might be a romantic...
How Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheets can help you become a better Researcher
Hello everyone! How’s it going
this week? Have you tried starting a research log for your ancestor? How is
that going? What have you learned so far about using this research tool for
organizing your research? Don’t get discouraged if it takes you longer to get a
feel for the research log and how you want to use it. It took me awhile to get
a log...
How Can a Research Log Help Me be a Better Genealogist?
Hey Friends! How’s it going this
week? Any new genealogy discoveries? Any new brick walls? Have you tried
applying new organization tools this week? Anyway, it’s great to share with you
more of what has helped me with my genealogy. So let’s get started!This week I’m sharing another
organizing tool that has really helped me get even better at my research....
How Research Plans Helped Me Get my Genealogy Goals in Shape
Hi friends! How is everyone doing
this week? I’m doing great as usual! My life has been pretty normal this past
week. We just got done celebrating my daughter’s birthday and I must admit that
she is growing up fast! I was just looking at some of her birthday pictures and
I was comparing them to her pictures taken last year. I can see the difference!
Her...
How do YOU Organize your Genealogy?
Happy New Year everyone! I love
a fresh start and the New Year makes it easier to think new thoughts about my
life, my family, my career, and my goals. I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions
because I’m constantly making goals all year long. I personally believe that one should be
making goals all year and not only making the big goals at New...