Helping the present understand the past
Ancestry succeeded in rocking the world of a large number of genealogists today with their surprise announcement that they would be retiring Family Tree Maker genealogy software at the end of 2015. Cue Chicken Little and hoards of unhappy genealogists bearing pitchforks and flaming torches. But hold fair citizens of Genealogy-land! All is not lost…
Today is the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The event shocked the population of a nation who had been enjoying a typical American Sunday…until they received news of the attack that damaged or sank the entire U.S. fleet which resided in Pearl Harbor. The devastation that occurred wasn’t contained to property or…
Currently, the prevailing thought in my head is “What did I get myself into?” I couldn’t help it though, the timing was perfect and it seemed like a good thing to do at the time. I’m sure you’re wondering what I got myself into this time. Well, I signed up for ProGen. For those who…
Time flies when you’re having fun! I realized this weekend how long it’s been since I posted on my blog. But just because this blog has lacked activity, doesn’t mean yours truly hasn’t been busy. On the contrary, I’ve been hopping on my genealogy since attending NGS in May. Here are a few things I’ve…
I had the opportunity this year to attend the National Genealogical Society conference. The NGS conference is held each May and this year it was held in beautiful St. Charles, Missouri. I spent a good deal of time prior to the conference reviewing session abstracts and carefully choosing the sessions I wanted to attend. There…