Wordless Wednesday – All Smiles at 2025 AAHGS National Conference
2025 AAHGS National Conference – Day 3
Today was the first day I didn't feel like I was rushing around this morning. Phillip and I actually had breakfast together. We were sitting with the first person we ever met at AAHGS in 2018 and a former national president. When I say Toni is family to us, she really is. She took us... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 42: Fire
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow. 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. Click HERE to read my first... Continue Reading →
2025 AAHGS National Conference – Day 2
It seemed like I had just laid down when I heard my alarm going off this morning. I know I said yesterday was a long day. Today is not going to be much different. The first thing on the schedule was the Welcome/Ancestral Libration and Opening Plenary speaker at 830am. I got up a little... Continue Reading →
2025 AAHGS National Conference – Day 1
It has been five years since the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society has held an in-person conference. These past five years we have all been virtual. When I heard that the conference would be in-person earlier this year, I knew I wanted to be there. This year's conference is being held in Charleston, South... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 40: Cemetery
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow. 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. Click HERE to read my first... Continue Reading →
RootsTech 2026 Registration is Now Open
I'm excited to announce that registration for RootsTech 2026 opened on September 24, 2025. This conference will be held both virtually and in person in Salt Lake City, Utah March 5 - March 7, 2026, at the Salt Palace Convention Center. RootsTech is the largest genealogy conference in the world with keynote speakers, sessions, and... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 39: Disappeared
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow. 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. Click HERE to read my first... Continue Reading →
Wordless Wednesday – Seeing My Blog in NGS Magazine
National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Vol. 51, no. 3 (July–September 2025), 'I, Genealogist': Using First-Person Voice in Family History Narratives by Sunny Jane Morton
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 38: Animals
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow. 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. Click HERE to read my first... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 