Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
January of this year I joined the 30X30 challenge led by, Janine Adams, of Organize Your Family History. The original challenge was to do some genealogy research for at 30 minutes a day for 30 days. I added my own little twist to it with researching a specific ancestor for 30 minutes a day for... Continue Reading →
I hear all the time that new documents are being uploaded to genealogy websites like Family Search and Ancestry all the time. And since I'm always looking for information about my grandfather, Booker Mays, I often enter his information into different sites every three or four months hoping to discover something new. This has been... Continue Reading →
I have been a member of Ancestry on and off since 2012. In the beginning, it was the only genealogy website I used. I built my tree on Ancestry, looked at census records, and looked at other public trees that might have some additional information about my ancestors. I just jumped in and learned as... Continue Reading →
One of my goals this year was to become a member of a national and local chapter of a genealogy society. At the beginning of this journey, I was content with it just being me going to libraries and archives alone with just a notebook and my laptop. I was happy researching online at home... Continue Reading →
When I started this genealogy journey over seven years ago, I had no idea that DNA would be such a hot top in the genealogy world. I studied health science in college, so I took a lot of science classes, biology, microbiology, anatomy, physiology, and physics just to name a few. Now I wish I... Continue Reading →
It's that time of the year when I hear the phrase 'New Years Resolutions'. I have a love hate relationship with that phrase. On one had I think that it is a great idea to make resolutions that can help with organization, diet, or finances. But on the other hand, so many people never follow through... Continue Reading →
I am at the halfway point of my 30X30 Challenge. I started the challenge on 01/03/2018. The goal of this challenge is to research for 30 minutes a day for 30 days for one particular ancestor. I picked my 2X great grandfather Jake Skipper. I decided on him because I know very little about him.... Continue Reading →
I love watching TV. I have memories of me and my sister going to my Granny’s after school watching reruns of Good Times, the Jeffersons, and the Brady Bunch. I still love watching reruns of classic 70s and 80s shows. As much as I love TV, I don’t have anything on my sister. She watches... Continue Reading →
It’s a new year, and with that, I’ve decided that I would challenge myself. I read a fellow genealogy blogger’s, Organize Your Family History, latest blog 30X30 challenge. The goal of the challenge is to challenge herself into doing 30 minutes of genealogy research every day for 30 days in a row. I thought this... Continue Reading →
I first learned about the Family History Center about two years ago while I was researching on Family Search. The Family History Center is a branch of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. These centers supply resources for research and the study of... Continue Reading →
I have been researching my family history for well over seven years now. During this journey, I have accumulated a lot of paper records. And I must confess that I am a somewhat of a hoarder by nature. Although I do have about 60 percent of my research on my computer, I just can’t let... Continue Reading →
With the holidays just around the corner, I thought this would be a good opportunity to list some of my genealogy favorite things. Although this list is mainly geared toward the family historian/genealogist in your life, honestly, these items aren’t just for the family historian. These items would make a great gift for anyone in... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 