Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

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

Denise Levenick over at The Family Curator has challenged us Genea-Bloggers to a treasure hunt.  Here’s the deal: Select your destination. You probably have a genealogy Magic Cupboard in your house, too. Or maybe it’s a Secret Desk, a Treasure chest, or a Box of […]

The theme for the 57th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is news, specifically newspapers. Newspapers can be a wonderful source of family history information. Share some aspect about your family history that you learned about in a newspaper. Articles, advertisements, obituaries, classified ads, photos… […]

So what’s behind the GenBlog facade?  Well, if you strip away the blog, you have me, Julie, a professional communicator by day and a family historian by night.  GenBlog is essentially a combination of these two passions.

Back to Blogthings and yet another quiz.  This one indicates I should belong to the Baby Boomer generation, which a small part of me agrees with…but I’m really a Gen-Xer. You Belong in the Baby Boomer Generation You fit in best with people born between […]

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

The 11th Edition of Central & Eastern European Genealogy Carnival is being hosted by Steve Danko over at Steve’s Genealogy Blog. The theme is given names and Steve has listed some possible topics to discuss as follows:

Ok, last one (well at least for tonight). Again, eerily true, here’s what my shamrock says about me: You are brilliant, analytical, and somewhat of a perfectionist. You are ultra competent and knowledgeable. At times, people find you intimidating. You can be a bit sarcastic […]