If you had or will have company over during this holiday season, did you groan as you had to “hide” some of your piles of genealogy papers, documents, CDs, thumb drives, and other things? As you take it all back out, did you groan again? Why didn’t I just file these to begin with? Why […]
This Christmas was another special one. I spent Christmas Eve with my oldest granddaughter and her family. That meant 4 hours with my happy, smiling first great grandchild. Oh my, does he ever have a lot to say at almost 4 months old. It was a relaxed evening. Then on Christmas Day afternoon I drove […]
I planned to blog about this extraordinary Minnesota woman back in October when she turned 114 but my sudden move to a new apartment interfered. You may have read about her in Minnesota newspapers or heard about her in other area media. Her story even hit the national news. She was the oldest living woman […]
One of my research and consultation specialties is Native American research. I have been doing this for more than twenty years. A fascinating article in the January 2015 National Geographic by Glenn Hodges makes me wish once again that I had taken an array of archeology courses. My oldest son did take some and participated […]
This post could be just five words. Sort. Scan. Toss. Donate. Now. It’s actually more than genealogy advice. I recently moved to a much smaller place on a very quick and unplanned timeline. The story is not fun and I won’t bore you with the details but let’s say I am happy to be away […]
Just about 9 weeks till the 2015 FGS Conference in Salt Lake City.Where has the time gone! I am so excited for this event. One of the things I will be doing while at the FGS and RootsTech joint conferences in February (Feb 11-14) is some of my own research at the Family History Library. […]
In a perfect world, everyone would have an engraved stone identifying his or her place of burial. It would include details that genealogists seek. I have written before about my Great Grandfather Alexander Charles Stuart who lies in an unmarked grave not very far from where I live. His career was carving tombstones in Wisconsin, […]
Are you thinking about attending the next FGS Conference? As many readers know, it’s this next February 11-14, 2015 in Salt Lake City. It’s a really good deal to sign up for FGS and just add the simultaneous RootsTech for only $39! If you are unsure about whether this is a conference for you, it’s […]
According to a story in today’s Bring Me The News, a firm located here in Eden Prairie, Minnesota is urging people to designing an eternal vessel “as unique as the life it represents.” As in a specialty urn for your beloved family member’s ashes after cremation. Not only is it a specialty item, these are […]
Just received a press release from FamilySearch about the Saturday, February 14th keynote speaker. How appropriate that it will be Donny Osmond on Valentine’s Day. I will add more details later. Now will you quickly register for the 2015 conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and RootsTech? Just visit https://www.fgsconference.org/ to quickly register for […]