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• in TV
  Who Do You Think You Are?
  By looking into your family's past, will you learn more about yourself?
  by missbobetier / on Mar 15, 2011
• in Technology
  Family Tree Maker 2011, It Is a Good Investment
  Computer Software for Genealogy
  by tracip70 / on Nov 24, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “genealogy”

 

• Picture Australia

  
  Michael Gorey — Authority: 112
  Today I discovered the outstanding Picture Australia website. According to the About page : Picture Australia is an internet-based service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial collections at the same time. When you search on Picture Australia, thumbnail images are retrieved from ...
  12 hours ago

• Ruminations on Genealogy

  
  Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research — Authority: 104
  I actually started writing an essay about genealogy in a notebook. Something I’ve not done in a long time. Rather than do everything online, it is an interesting experience to do things the “old-school” way. The essay I’m working on is still quite short, only 4 pages so far, and I’m not sure where it [...]
  1 day ago

• SET IN STONE?

  
  West in New England — Authority: 406
  Many genealogists , including myself, spend a lot of time in cemeteries. We hunt for dead relatives, either ours or someone elses to take pictures of gravestones sometimes in the hopes of finding missing birth or death dates on our family trees. But that information is not already correct. Case in point: Heres a ...
  2 days ago

• My Name is Happy

  
  Sheep Droppings — Authority: 103
  Here is the will of Felix Glattfelder, my 5th great-grandfather, who was born in 1727 in Switzerland and died in 1814 in North Carolina.  I think it’s wonderful to realize that his name meant “Happy.” 19 APR., 1809. In the name of God Amen. I Felix Clodfelter of Rowan County and State of North Carolina ...
  4 days ago

• 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy - Week #4 - Free Offline Genealogy Tools

  
  Geniaus — Authority: 487
  For this weeks challenge Amy asks: Week 4 –  Free Offline Genealogy Tools : For which free offline genealogy tool are you most grateful?  How did you find this tool and how has it benefited your genealogy?  Describe to others how to access this tool and spread the genealogy love. When this post ...
  4 days ago

• The Heirloom

  
  SaveEveryStep - family stories past and present — Authority: 405
  I’m not entirely sure how I came to have this in my possession. I do remember that, some time after Mum passed away, my Dad finally found the strength to have a bit of a sort through her things. At that time he gave me a small bag with some of her old jewellery in it. Costume jewellery for the most part, but ...
  4 days ago

• An Extra Page From “Quaint Epitaphs,” by Safford

  
  Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research — Authority: 104
  The following epitaphs are from Susan Darling Safford’s Quaint Epitaphs, Fourth Edition (Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. 1902). This volume was originally copyright 1898 by S.D Safford. The book the included image is from is part of a private family collection. The handwriting is unknown to me, and due to the ...
  4 days ago

• Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest

  
  Manchester City Library — Authority: 99
  Who do you think you are? Find out by researching your family history! The New Hampshire Room at the Main Library is a treasure-trove of information for anyone hoping to track down long forgotten family members. The New Hampshire Room is a reference collection of materials of interest to the local historian and ...
  5 days ago

• Facebook Explains: How To Customize Your Timeline

  
  AgencyLogic PowerSites — Authority: 114
  
  6 days ago

• Drowned on the Way

  
  Sheep Droppings — Authority: 103
  My last post was about my 4th great-grandmother, Dorothea Koontz, and her first husband, Peter Neufang, who had been captured by the natives as a child.  Dorothea’s nickname, apparently, was “Charity,” as seen in at least one of the family letters .  Charity’s father, Felix Clodfelter, had faced trials in ...
  6 days ago

• T4G: Type and Fonts

  
  Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research — Authority: 104
  Since Patricia Law Hatcher’s Producing a Quality Family History was published in 1996, there have been some major changes in the way typography and publishing affect genealogists. Some of the changes are style matters and others are publishing-oriented. In this article, I’d like to survey some of the changes and ...
  6 days ago

• Motivation Monday – Declaring War on The War

  
  SaveEveryStep - family stories past and present — Authority: 405
  My photography resolution for the next few weeks does not involve the camera. It’s a War on scanning. Me versus the black machine and a large pile of precious letters from World War II. I have determined that I will take each of these carefully catalogued heirlooms (in date order, by my Dad) and scan it on ...
  1 week ago

• Taken Prisoner

  
  Sheep Droppings — Authority: 103
  I have been writing quite a bit about the Koontz family of my ancestry, and I want to continue by going farther back in the line.  But before we go back a generation, I want to tell about Johannes Koontz’ wife, Dorothy Clodfelter .  She had been married previously to Peter Neufang, a man who had a very sad ...
  1 week ago

• Four Genealogists to Compete for Top Honors at RootsTech

  
  Genealogy Insider — Authority: 455
  Taking a cue from TV, software company LegacyFamily Tree is sponsoring the first Genealogy Idol competition during the RootsTechconference in early February . The four "Idol" finalists are Elizabeth Clark of Falls Village, Conn.; Elyse Doerflingerof Lomita, Calif.; Michael Hait of Harrington, Del.; and Marian ...
  1 week ago

• WikiTree Becomes Invitation Only Family Tree Database

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 529
  ... Elyse Doerflinger, the WikiTree Evangelist, sent this notice about WikiTree , a shared family tree database in a wiki format. ----------------------------------- WikiTree becomes Invitation-Only WikiTree.com has closed new user registration. New members must now be invited by current ...
  1 week ago

• CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 21 January Features Denise Spurlock

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 529
  ... The Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except December) from 9:00 a.m. to noon on the campus of UCSD, University of California, San Diego. See our map page for directions.   The next meeting of the will be held on 21 January 2012 from 9:00 am to ...
  1 week ago

• Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 4:15 p.m. Thursday, 2 February

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 529
  ... Im going to list all of the presentations at  RootsTech 2012  session by session in a series of posts.  You can see the full schedule of all sessions at  http://rootstech.org/schedule/index . Here is the schedule for  Thursday, 2 February at 4:15 p.m. until 5:15 p.m.   The links ...
  1 week ago

• (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 188: Henry Pickford (ca 1920s)

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 529
  ...  I am posting photographs from my family collections for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday (you know me, I cant go wordless!). This picture is of Henry Winthrop Pickford (1895-1987) taken, probably, in the 1920s.  He was the son of Walter and Anne Frances (Richmond) Pickford, who resided in ...
  1 week ago

• Online Resources Concerning Reverse Cell Phone Lookup

  
  Instant Reverse Phone Lookup — Authority: 127
  Have you ever been annoyed about a nameless call? The mobile age has made faceless numbers a little bit more common. It may be an annoying fact but we may have to tolerate some of these disturbances while owning a stylish electronic device. Now you can choose to shut out frequent disturbing phone calls on your cell ...
  1 week ago

• Unexpected Family Tree Finds – Western Electric’s Merrimack Valley Works

  
  Forgotten New England - Exploring New England as it was — Authority: 97
  Sometimes, you need to work really hard to land the latest find in your family tree discoveries.  Sometimes, family history finds just fall in your lap.  Before going to work yesterday morning, I stopped at the barber shop, and checked … Continue reading →
  1 week ago

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