Category Archives: GenBlog

Prompt:  Update older posts. If you find more information related to a previous post, create an update post. Link to the older posts to refresh readers’ memories, then give us the details on new discoveries. Back in February I posted an obituary for Byron WEBSTER […]

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

Randy’s challenge for this evening is as follows: List your 16 great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places. Figure out the dominant ethnicity or nationality of each of them. Calculate your ancestral ethnicity or nationality by adding them up […]

This is my Girl Scouts membership card for 1986.  I was in Girl Scouts from first through fifth grade.  One of these days I’ll pull out my vest and take a picture and post it. I know some of my friends read this blog, so […]

Prompt:  Have a family member be a guest blogger. Let a family member take the reins and provide a different perspective for a post or two. If you can’t find anyone to take the job, interview a relative and spotlight the person yourself.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve learned or found.

The 16th edition of Smile For the Camera is upon us.  The topic for this edition is “Bling.” I am always drawn to the beautiful jewelry worn by our ancestors in old photographs. The locket that was your Great Grandmother’s treasure, the pocket watch proudly […]

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.