Helping the present understand the past
My blog has suffered a bit since I began ProGen 18 months ago but I’m happy to say that I completed ProGen last month and it was absolutely worth all the work! Just in time too because I was, once again, fortunate enough to attend the NGS conference this year. The ability to attend national conferences such…
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My last post, Productivity Progress and Tackling Time Management, showed how I conquered my email inbox and started using some productivity tools to help me start managing my time a little better. I’m happy to report that I’ve been able to maintain this system for just over two months now, which is HUGE for me…
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…