StoryPress: Big News!

I received the following press release from StoryPress and thought I’d pass it along to my readers.  Also note that during the RootsTech 2013 conference, DearMYRTLE spoke with Mike Davis about StoryPress. You can watch the five-minute interview here.

Orphan Photo #150

Another photograph by Albert Fowler of Meadville, Pennsylvania.  This woman looks very similar to the woman in another Fowler photo.  Wonder if they’re related?

Surname Saturday – Mulligan (Ireland / Michigan / Illinois / Canada / Ohio

James MULLIGAN is third great-grandfather. He was born on 7 December 1812 in Dublin, Ireland. By 1850, he is living in the United States. According to a genealogy compiled by my family, his daughter, Sarah Jane, was named Jane after James’ sister. He may also […]

Friday Finds – 03/29/13

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things I’ve found. 

Photo Detective, Maureen Taylor, Featured Speaker at Fox Valley Genealogical Society Annual Conference in September

The annual conference of the Fox Valley Genealogical Society (FVGS) will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Naperville, Illinois.  Maureen Taylor, a.k.a. The Photo Detective, is the featured speaker and will present the following lectures: Identifying and Dating Family Photographs Preserving Family Photographs […]

Found: Ancestoring’s Orphan Photos

Last week, Michele Simmons Lewis announced her new blog Ancestoring’s Orphan Photos.  So glad to see another orphan photo blog! Be sure to check out Other Orphan Photo Blogs for other orphan photo blogs.

Genealogy By the States – Week 12 – North Carolina

My husband’s family has ties to North Carolina, although I haven’t done much research on them or in the state.  I decided to do some more digging on the Boone family.  Although I couldn’t find any records in the few hours I searched, I did […]

My #RootsTech 2013 Recap

Saturday afternoon marked then end of the third annual RootsTech conference.  As an official blogger for the second year, the 2013 conference was a much different experience for me…simply put, I wasn’t in attendance, well, in person that is. Instead, I watched from the sidelines […]