Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
***RootsTech is the world's largest genealogy and family history conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is a four day conference hosted by Family Search. RootsTech 2020 was held February 27 - March 2, 2019.*** Going into the last day of RootsTech I knew I wanted to finalize what I wanted to purchase at... Continue Reading →
***RootsTech is the world's largest genealogy and family history conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is a four day conference hosted by Family Search. RootsTech 2020 was held February 27 - March 2, 2019.*** I must admit that the first two days here at RootsTech have been jammed packed. And if I'm being... Continue Reading →
***RootsTech is the world's largest genealogy and family history conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is a four day conference hosted by Family Search. RootsTech 2020 was held February 27 - March 2, 2019.*** Last night I was able to go through the schedule and pick out the sessions I wanted to attend. ... Continue Reading →
***RootsTech is the world's largest genealogy and family history conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is a four day conference hosted by Family Search. RootsTech 2020 was held February 27 - March 2, 2019.*** We arrived in Salt Lake City last night. I would like to say we had an easy time checking... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite TV shows is returning for season 5. BYUTV's Relative Race premieres on Sunday, March 10 on BYUTV. I have been following Relative Race on all social media, and everything I've read so far says that this is expected to be the most exciting season yet. So I'm really excited. Don't forget... Continue Reading →
It's official I am going to RootsTech later this month. RootsTech is the largest genealogy conference in the world. I have read about RootsTech for the past few years with dreams of going one day, and this year I get to attend. RootsTech is held the end of February in Salt Lake City, Utah. RootsTech... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →