Helping the present understand the past
So as I said previously, I’ve fallen off the genealogy bandwagon for a few years due to general life-stuff and have just recently gotten back into actively pursuing leads. Since getting back into active mode I decided to start following some blogs and joining some FaceBook groups to help me with organization, motivation and brick…
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Here we are at another edition of Follow Friday. Today I’m spotlighting Ancestoring, a family history blog written by Michele Simmons Lewis is a professional genealogist who writes a blog geared toward the beginner and intermediate researcher. As I was cruising thru the plethora of posts on her blog, I ran into one that grabbed…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Continuing with the family buried in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to my paternal great-uncle, Clarence Harvey Altman. Tombstone of Ludwig, Ida and Clarence Harvey Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Clarence Harvey was the first of four children of Ludwig Wilhelm Altman and…
Welcome to the last entry in my series on family tree apps for iGadgets. This week I’m reviewing MobileFamilyTree. In previous entries I’ve reviewed GedView, Heredis and LiveHistory. MobileFamilyTree MobileFamilyTree by Synium is another fairly young app. I learned about it by doing either a Google search or by searching in the App Store. And…
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It’s Friday and we all know what that means…Follow Friday! Today we’re looking at A Southern Sleuth, a journey along with Michelle Taggart as she searches for her southern roots. I don’t limit myself to only reading blogs about genealogy that only applies to my genealogical situation. I read about Croatian genealogy, Jewish genealogy and…