Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

Catching up on blog reading, I came across Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post from a few days ago.  Michael John Neill wrote a post 10 Signs You Have Genealogy OCD and Randy’s challenge encouraged GeneaBloggers to come up with more signs and symptoms of […]

When you ask someone to “edit” your work, what exactly does that mean?  There are various schools of thought on types or “levels of edit” so it is important to ask a potential editor what type of editorial services they offer and what to expect.  […]

On Saturday, James Tanner, author of Genealogy’s Star blog, posted the article On Attending Genealogy Conferences.  Reading his post got me thinking about why it’s important to me to attend conferences and why I’m excited about attending my first national genealogy conference in September.  While […]

This is an unidentified CDV.  It looks like someone did some hand-coloring on the ribbon in her hair.

Thanks to some friends on Facebook, I was just introduced to a new blog with a very interesting concept.  It’s called Dear Photograph.  The basic idea is to “take a picture of a picture from the past in the present.”  You then submit your photo […]

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

Today is GenBlog’s third birthday!  Thanks to all my readers for continuing to follow this blog and giving advice when needed. And thanks to all geneabloggers who make genealogy blogging a fun and worthwhile endeavor.

Maureen Taylor, the “Photo Detective,” will be the speaker at the St. Louis Genealogical Society’s all-day seminar on Saturday, July 30 at Orlando Gardens on Watson Rd. in Webster Groves, Missouri.  The seminar, “Clues to the Past in Family Photos,” will feature four lectures: Identifying […]