Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

The 7th edition of Smile for the Camera is upon us. The prompt this time is “Oh Baby!” Since I have been so busy lately, I am taking the easy way out and posting a quickie.

Through a blog post at All My Branches Genealogy, I discovered that Wendy, Becky, and I are cousins through Richard TREAT.  Since Wendy posted her line, I figured I’d post mine as well.

Just came across an interesting website. Political Graveyard has an extensive listing of politicians and where they are buried. Also contains some biographical and political information. You can search the site or browse. Browsing is available by person (by name, dates, etc.) or place (city/county, […]

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

There was a lot of genea-blog activity in October. Here’s a roundup of events! Event Host Carnival of Genealogy “I Read it in the News” Creative Gene Smile for the Camera “Funny Bone” Kinexxions Cabinet of Curiosities – 10th Edition Destination: Austin Family Would You […]

The theme for the 59th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is Politic & Our Ancestors. Politics has never been really big in my immediate family–we do our duty and vote, but that’s about it. Having said that, I knew there was a governor somewhere […]

A new book The Economist Book of Obituaries, has been published.  According to Amazon.com, For more than a decade, The Economist has included unique and original obituaries in a quite popular column. The obituaries are remarkable because of the unpredictable selection of people written about, […]

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