NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in…
Month: January 2019
Getting To Know My Grandfather (and His Family) Through My Genealogy Journey- Part 5
I declared 2015 the year of the death certificate. At that time I had been doing the majority of my research online but had come to a point where I wasn’t finding any new information on my ancestors. So I went back and re-read a couple of my genealogy reference books. There I learned that…
30X30 Challenge – January 2019
At the beginning of every year I always set some personal goals as well as genealogy goals. This year one of my goals is to complete three 30X30 research challenges. So I thought what better way to start the new year than with my first 30X30 challenge of the year. 30X30 challenge is the brain…
Finding Your Roots – Season 5 Premieres January, 8 2019
Finding Your Roots is one of my favorite genealogy TV shows. I think this was the first TV show that I ever watched that was dedicated to genealogy. The host, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr, uses a ‘book of life’ that contains photos and documents to help explain their family history. The guests of this…
Journey Through the Generations 