Helping the present understand the past
It’s Friday again, which brings us to another edition of Follow Friday! Today I’m highlighting Jenny Lanctot’s blog, Are My Roots Showing? Now, I have to admit the original reason I chose to look at Jenny’s blog was because of the blog’s title. It’s a cute title and I giggled as I pictured a woman…
Welcome to another edition of Follow Friday. Today we’re looking at AK’s Genealogy Research. Annette’s blog was created for the same reason most of the amateur blogs were created – to document her research and progress. And that’s why I love these blogs. Blogs like AK’s Genealogy Research show the ups and downs and successes…
A brick wall. Every genealogist has one at one time or another. My genealogy is no different. With Constitution Day being this week (September 17 to be exact) my thoughts have been centering on my brick wall. You see, the Daughters of the American Revolution work very hard to celebrate Constitution Week (for obvious reasons)…
It’s Friday again (and who doesn’t love that?) so here’s another edition of Follow Friday! Today we’re going to look at a3Genealogy. A brief disclosure: a3Genealogy is a professional genealogy consultant, but in my opinion, Kathleen also writes a great blog post. Her post on Tips to Researching WWI War Brides focused on a subject…
I love going to estate sales. Some people might find it a little creepy to go sorting through the personal items of someone who’s deceased but I’ve discovered many interesting treasures at estate sales. It shocks and disturbs me to see family pictures and possible heirlooms being sold and I’m heartbroken that I’m not always…