Category Archives: GenBlog

The theme for the 59th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is Politic & Our Ancestors. Politics has never been really big in my immediate family–we do our duty and vote, but that’s about it. Having said that, I knew there was a governor somewhere […]

A new book The Economist Book of Obituaries, has been published.  According to Amazon.com, For more than a decade, The Economist has included unique and original obituaries in a quite popular column. The obituaries are remarkable because of the unpredictable selection of people written about, […]

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

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

I’ve been neglecting my blog the last few days because I’ve been busy trying to start up my new business.  In addition to that, I’ve started two new genea-blogs and have taken over an ILGenWeb site that needs a lot of attention. I’m trying to […]

I have no idea how long this feature on Google Maps has been around, but I’m sure glad I found it… Back story:  A month or so ago, I wanted to see where my maternal and paternal grandparents lived in relation to one another.  I […]

A few weeks back, Denise Levenick over at The Family Curator has challenged us Genea-Bloggers to a treasure hunt. You can see the details in my original post. I decided to explore a box of stock certificates and documents that my paternal grandmother and great-grandmother […]

Kathryn over at LOOKING4ANCESTORS posted a challenge to fellow bloggers: I have a challenge for you for this edition of Fun Friday. Spend some time this week-end reading blogs. First start with your favourite blogs, and then, branch out and read some new blogs. The […]