Category Archives: GenBlog

I’ve been trying to figure out other ways to get the word out about my blogs.  Facebook’s Networked Blogs application (formerly known as Blog Network) is a great tool and had been effective.  However, not everyone uses the application.  Additionally, a Facebook search will not […]

This find tells me something about my dad that I did not previously know.  He was a volunteer fireman for the Northlake Fire Department in Cook County, Illinois.

Prompt:  Participate in carnivals. A blog carnival is a showcase of bloggers’ posts on a given topic. Genealogy bloggers LOVE carnivals because there’s something for everyone. To learn about when these showcase-type events are happening, read others’ genealogy blogs. Someone’s always talking about a carnival. […]

When I started doing research involving military records, I had a hard time deciphering documents due to unfamiliar terminology.  I found myself looking up terms, the same terms, over and over.  So I started a list of terms I came across and looked them up […]

“My Key to Ireland” is the topic for the 11th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture. If you have found your ancestral county or village in Ireland, just how did you find your way there? What resources led you to learn the […]

A break from all the craziness I’ve gone through the last 48 hours.  Found this one at Scrappin’ Mama’s blog.

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

This is one of those finds that can certainly help with genealogical research…and it has.  It’s the Sons of the American Revolution membership card for my great-granduncle, Joseph Webster GARRISON. I write about this today because I just received his application in the mail.  A […]