Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

I got home yesterday from a very long and exhausting week at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.  It was six days of solid research, which included excessive cranking of the microfilm machine and thumbing through several books.

I’m happy to report that GenBlog was nominated for Family Tree Magazine’s 40 Best Genealogy Blogs.  GenBlog was nominated in the Personal/Families category.  If you enjoy this blog, be sure to go and vote (and be sure to vote for your other faves too!).  Voting […]

It’s an exciting time for me as I embark on my first trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  My friend Carol (Illuminated Ancestries) and I are taking an NGS research trip for a whole week of genealogy research.  I have a […]

The topic for the October 2009 edition of the Graveyard Rabbits Carnival is funeral cards.  Here’s one from my small collection, for Clarence M CAHILL, who is my first cousin three times removed.

I just wanted to write a quick post to my blog followers explaining where I’ve been lately and why there have not been many posts lately.

Show your support for the Preserving the American Historical Record Act (H.R. 2256) by writing your congressmen asking them to sign this bill.  In short, this bill will help to provide federal funding to our states to aid in record preservation.

This is a cabinet card of Benjamin Franklin Way.  The back of the card provides a wealth of information, including his birth and death dates.  It even includes three generations of descendants!  I am in the process of locating family members to pass this photograph […]

These are the patches I earned while bowling.  I was on a league while in elementary school and through high school.  Bowling was a lot of fun.  I wasn’t super by any means, just average.  I met some wonderful bowling buddies, especially during my high […]