I love my chosen profession. I work hard, but enjoy what I do. Sometimes, that hard work gets me some nice pats on the back. From the Washington State Genealogical Society blog about its conference I spoke at a week ago: “Can’t express enough superlatives about the 2016 WSGS Conference hosted by the Tacoma-Pierce County […]
It’s a busy genealogy summer for me. I just returned home from California and the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree. It was a fantastic four days. My upcoming travel brings me to many events in different parts of the U.S. and beyond. Please join me for my presentations at these along with the rest of […]
Has it really been that long since I composed my first blog post? June 2, 2007! In one way, it’s been longer than that. I have had excellent advisors along the way. I began the blogging part of my service for the Federation of Genealogical Societies before that. It was a blog that publicized FGS […]
Lyfmap is now LIVE and open to the public! What is this Lyfmap? If you have a connection to Saint Paul, Minnesota take a look at Lyfmap.com. a fantastic new way to preserve memories, history, and photos. Register and add your own. Imagine being able to save all your memories at the actual locations where […]
Did you know that RootsMagic has free and downloadable “Magic Guides” that each cover a single RM topic? These include step-by-step illustrations and and tips. The latest RM newsletter states “These guides may be freely copied and distributed (but not sold). You may use them as handouts in user groups or when teaching RootsMagic classes.” […]
Next Saturday, May 7, I am doing three presentations at the Brainerd Public Library in Minnesota. I do stay in Minnesota sometimes. 9:30am – Tho’ They Were Poor, They May Have Been Rich in Records 11:00am – The Farmer in the Dell . . . and in Many U.S. Records 1:00pm – Railroad Records and […]
The next two months bring me some fun travel to do genealogy presentations in several states. I hope to see my readers at these. Please be sure to let me know that you are a Genealogy by Paula reader and you will get an extra smile! Next week I will detail where I will be […]
DNA Day is April 25th. Celebrate by getting your DNA tested and that of aunts, uncles, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews and all the cousins. I have tested with both companies as have some family members. Ancestry DNA http://dna.ancestry.com/ $79 per kit for a savings of $20! For FREE shipping use the code FREESHIPDNA for each […]
What am I doing this week? For one, you can stay at home wearing your slippers and listen to me. For the second one, you do have to get fully dressed, including shoes! Wednesday, March 30 Family Tree University webinar, “Census Problems and Solutions for Genealogy” Time: 7 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Central/5 p.m. Mountain/4 p.m. […]
In 2016 we are fortunate to have a plethora of books and periodicals indexed online. Even with all of that and with the libraries in our home areas, there are undoubtedly books, microfilms, and periodicals to which you don’t have direct access. Think about all those genealogy books, county histories, family histories and other items […]