Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

Randy’s Saturday Night Challenge for April 9 was as follows: Provide a list of your paternal grandmother’s patrilineal line.  Answer these questions: What was your father’s mother’s maiden name? What was your father’s mother’s father’s name? What is your father’s mother’s father’s patrilineal line? That is, his father’s father’s father’s … back to the most distant male ancestor in that line? Can you identify male sibling(s) of your father’s mother, and any living male descendants from those male sibling(s)? If so, you have a candidate to do a Y-DNA test […]

Taking a cue from Randy’s Saturday Night Challenge from March 14th, I created my surname Wordle (see post).  When I was creating it, I noticed that you could run one off a blog feed, so I thought I’d give it a whirl and see what it came up with.  Evidently, I use the word “something” quite a bit  😉 You can click on the image to see a larger rendition.

I am clearly a little behind on blog posts.  Randy’s Saturday Night Challenge from March 14th was to create a Wordle using family names. My Wordle represents my direct line surnames going back at least three generation.  You can click on the image to see a larger rendition.  

Prompt:  Talk about the different types of technology you use in your genealogy research. Whether it’s a new search engine, a special application, or anything else “2.0,” let readers know what you’re working with, and how it’s working for you.

Prompt:  Have expertise in a specific area of study? Share your knowledge! If you’ve lived in the same town for 60 years, you have something to share. If you’re a librarian in your day job, you have something to share. If you read Civil War history books for fun, you have something to share. If you’re walking on this Earth, you have something to share.

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

You may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet these days.  Not much blogging, I’ve missed several carnivals, and have not been participating in much genealogy discussion.  In fact, I haven’t been doing much research for the past several weeks.

Let’s see what the genea-bloggers were up to in March. Carnival of Genealogy – Nobody’s Fool Smile for the Camera – Brothers & Sisters Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture – St. Patrick’s Day Parade Cabinet of Curiosities – 15th Edition Carnival of Genealogy – A Tribute to Women Graveyard Rabbits Carnival – Burial Customs Bound for Mom – A Journey of Firsts Carnival of Central & Eastern European Genealogy – Women in Central & Eastern European