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 →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 36: Off to School
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 →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 35: Off to Work
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 – W.F. Branch High School Reunion Memories
Honoring, celebrating, and remembering our beloved Branch High School reunions
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 34: Playtime
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 →
Finding Your Roots – Season 12 Premiers January, 6, 2026
I am so excited that Finding Your Roots is coming back with season 12 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 on PBS. Finding Your Roots is one of my all-time favorite TV shows that also happens to be all about genealogy. The host, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr, uses a ‘book of life’ that contains photos and... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 33: Legal Troubles
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 →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 32: Wide Open Spaces
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: It’s Trisha Day – Happy Birthday to Me!!!!
I don't post about myself often. These are a few of my favorite photos of just me doing what I love to do.