Category Archives: GenBlog

Registration for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) 2015 opens on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 9:00 AM Mountain Time! Pick your course, so that you are ready to enroll when registration opens as there are limited seats and ​the ​courses fill fast. The […]

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

Title:  Kindred Spirits: Family Ties Author:  Julie Wilson Format:  Kindle Published:  2014 Synopsis:  (from Amazon)  The first in the Kate Dean & Co genealogical mystery novella series – a tale of modern-day life, monosyllabic teenagers, lots of red wine and ghostly goings-on!  Having discovered she […]

Title:  It’s In the Genes Author:  Norma E. Rawlings Format:  Kindle Published:  2013 Synopsis:  (from Amazon)  Liz Carter is forensic scientist, the only daughter of Philip Carter, a linguist, and Alexandra, a nurse.  One day Liz’s parents are killed in a car crash and she […]

Title:  Benjamin’s Ghosts: An Enid Gilchrist Mystery Author:  Sylvia A. Nash Format:  Paperback and Kindle Published:  2014 Synopsis:  (from Amazon)  Benjamin Alexander dug into the past to uncover its secrets. His housekeeper guarded his secrets with her life.  Now Enid Gilchrist must draw on her […]

From now until June 17, 2014, Family Tree DNA is offering their Family Finder test (autosomal DNA) for $79, which saves you $20!  That’s a pretty good deal!

A big congratulations to all the winners of the Southern California Genealogical Society’s 2013 GENEii Family History Writers Contest.  Below is the list of winners in each of the two categories.  Winning entries will be published in The Searcher, which is the quarterly journal of […]

Entries for the 2014 Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) Writing Contest are due by August 15, 2014.  You must be a member of MSOG to participate.    Entries must be original content (i.e., not previously published) and relate to genealogy or family history.  “Submissions could be […]