Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

Earlier I posted Hello, My Name Is…  Part 1.  In that post I talked about a blog post written by Lynn Palermo and a Facebook comment from Kerry Scott.  In a nutshell, both had to do with letting the world know who you are on […]

Back in late August, Lynn Palermo wrote an article entitled, New Genealogy Bloggers…Who Are You?, where she essentially challenged all genealogy bloggers to, at a minimum, include their name somewhere on their blog.  Ultimately Lynn pleaded with genealogy bloggers to have an “about” page that […]

Family Tree University is offering a free webinar entitled Start Writing Your Life Stories, “where Sunny Jane Morton, author of My Life & Times: A Guided Journal For Collecting Your Stories, shares tips and ideas for capturing the stories of a lifetime—whether they’re your own […]

A few years ago, I remember searching for my great-grandfather’s World War II draft registration card.  I tried every possible combination I could think of between names, places, and date of birth.  After countless attempts, I gave up and made a note of the search […]

The concept of JustaJoy Family Heirloom Exchange is a neat idea.  The website, which is a virtual antique shop, was created in order to reunite “orphaned heirlooms” with family.  There is a catch though–the artifact has to be associated with a surname, which is included […]

This looks like schoolchildren outside a schoolhouse with their teacher.  Too bad we have no idea where this photo was taken or who’s in it.

Just received the following press release from JustaJoy Family Heirloom Exchange.  Now that I have some things off my plate, I can finally sit down and write my review of this website, which is slated for later this week.

Jill Ball of Geniaus created a new meme related to ancestors, so I thought I’d participate.