Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

So you may wonder why I haven’t been blogging much the last few weeks.  Well, my husband and I decided at the last minute to take a trip to Arizona to visit my mom for the holidays.  It’s been five years since we last saw her, when she was out here for our wedding.  This was Jim’s Christmas present to both me and my mom, and what a wonderful gift it was.

Even with the holidays the genea-bloggers manage to participate in carnivals and memes.  Here’s what took place in December. Carnival of Genealogy – “Traditions” Canadian Genealogy Carnival – “My Famous Canadian Ancestor” Smile for the Camera – “Stocking Stuffer” Christmas Tour of Blogs Cabinet of Curiosities – 12th Edition Carnival of Genealogy – “Three Wishes” Carnival of Central & Eastern Genealogy – “Christmas/Hanukkah Traditions”

The 63rd edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is upon us and the theme this time is New Year’s Resolutions. So, without further ado, here are my genealogy-related resolutions for 2009. I resolve to… Accept that try as I might, I cannot always find the answer. Learn more about the lives of my ancestors, focusing more on the how and why, not just the who, what, when, and where. Blog more, by sharing my ancestors’ stories and helping fellow family historians. Transcribe more records than I did in 2008. Make […]

My husband and I decided, almost at the last minute, to visit my mom in Arizona for the holidays.  And on our way back, we stopped to visit my grandaunt in Texas.  After and long, exhausting, but memorable trip, we’re back. It’s been an interesting whirlwind of discoveries over the past month, all of which I will blog about in the upcoming weeks.  Stay tuned!

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

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

I have an answer to the question I posed in a post two weeks ago:  Are They One in the Same? During my research I came across an engagement and wedding announcement for a Patricia Cahill to a James Murphy in 1940.  We have an “Aunt” Pat, who was believed to be a family friend.  She married a James Murphy.  So I began to wonder if this was my “Aunt” Pat, making it quite possible that she was family, not a friend. Turns out, they are not one in the […]

My mom got an unexpected call from my grandaunt Flo.  Although she has some major health issues and is bound to a wheelchair, her mind is well intact.  They talked a lot about family.  My mom told her I was working on our family history and Flo is more than happy to help me out.  I am planning a trip to see her around the holidays.