Category Archives: GenBlog

Let’s see what the GeneaBloggers were up to in June.

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

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

This appears to be a dues receipt for my great-granduncle, James Norton GARRISON.  Looks like he belonged to the Knights of Pythias.

Prompt:  Visit a cemetery. Take photos and comment on unusual/unique grave monuments. Most cemeteries have at least a monument or two that make you stop and look, so do just that. Take a picture of the grave marker that made you pause and tell us […]

Here’s Randy’s challenge for this week: Identify one genealogist that you would like to meet. The person could be living or deceased. Why do you want to meet with this person? What would you talk about? What questions would you ask this person? Write about […]

Here’s Randy’s challenge: Go to www.DeathClock.com (it takes awhile to load) and enter your birth date, sex, mode (normal, optimistic, pessimistic or sadistic), BMI (body mass index – there’s a handy calculator for this) and smoking status. Click on the “Check Your Death Clock” button. […]

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