Weekly Genealogy Blogging Prompt #8

Prompt:  Talk about highlights and events from your local genealogy society. Most genealogy bloggers are members of several historical societies and love to hear about the events in other organizations. This is also a great way to attract new members.

What Exactly is the Significance of St. Patrick’s Day?

It’s time for the 12th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the theme for this edition is a parade of all things Irish. Growing up, we always celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with corned beef and cabbage, […]

Celebrate Your Name – March 7

It’s Celebrate Your Name Week.  So to celebrate, I’m going to do a post for each day’s festivities. Today is Middle Name Pride Day Today’s name celebration requires honesty and boldness. Tell three people who don’t already know it, what your middle name is. Instead, […]

Saturday in the Attic – 03/07/09

This is one of the oldest memorial cards that I have.  And for the longest time, I couldn’t place her in the family.  When I made the discovery about Tessie Karas (post 1, post 2, post 3) being a Cahill, I also figured out that […]

Celebrate Your Name – March 6

It’s Celebrate Your Name Week.  So to celebrate, I’m going to do a post for each day’s festivities. Today is Nametag Day Celebrate your name by wearing it proudly!  (Not necessarily suggested for unsupervised children.) So here’s my virtual nametag…

Celebrate Your Name – March 5

It’s Celebrate Your Name Week.  So to celebrate, I’m going to do a post for each day’s festivities. Today is Learn What Your Name Means Day There are many online sites with a names/naming theme (utilize a search engine such as Google to find them). […]

Celebrate Your Name – March 4

It’s Celebrate Your Name Week.  So to celebrate, I’m going to do a post for each day’s festivities. Today is Unique Names Day This is the day for all people to appreciate friends, acquaintances and loved ones who have a unique name.  Let’s acknowledge them […]

Celebrate Your Name – March 3

It’s Celebrate Your Name Week.  So to celebrate, I’m going to do a post for each day’s festivities. Today is Fun Facts Day Celebrate names today by finding fun facts about names. According to Behind the Name, Julie is a French form of Julia.  In […]