January 2013 Blog Posts (14)

 Irish Research Help, I have found and she has given permission to share this knowledge here.

 This is a really helpful site for Irish researchers.  It is the first of it's kind that I have found not saying there are not

  others out there.  Two main goals, I like them both.

  1. It is a free digital Genealogical Community. It publishes a digital magazine to share. It is 70 pages free of charge.

   2. The monthly contributors are a mix of professional…

This is the information I have about my mother's parents and her brothers and sisters:

Allen Neil Powell

Birth 7 March 1884 in Flagon Creek, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States

Death 15 May 1963 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

married 22 Sept 1906 to:

Laura Elizabeth "Lela" Edwards

Birth 21 Nov 1882 or 1883 in Natchitoces Parish, Louisiana, United States

Death 21 Feb 1920 in Hot Wells, Rapides, Louisiana, United…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

29 January 2013



Are the youth in your family more attached to their iPod or laptop screen than they are to you? How do you connect to your family members and form the kind of close relationships that will support and strengthen them as they grow into successful and grounded adults? Teaching your children and…

The Orange County California Genealogical Society (OCCGS), celebrating their 50th Anniversary, will

be hosting the inaugural “Genealogy BASH and Book Faire” on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the

Huntington Beach Central Library.

Ten of Southern California’s best family history speakers will give…

Last year we completed an almost 3-hour biography on a 97 year old local woman. It was an incredible project to work on. Not only is she smart and vibrant but she had a lot of energy and we were able to do some remarkable video B-roll. We have shots of her driving her car, talking about her childhood in front of the home she was born in, giving us a tour of the artwork in her church that she and her late husband had commissioned as well as extensive stories and recollections from her 97…

Findmypast.com recently added 21 million new …

 Chula Vista Genealogical Society is Presenting BUTCH HIBBEN

Wednesday, Jan 30 at 12 noon 

Library Auditorium

Chula Vista Civic Center Library 365 F St., Chula Vista, CA 

CREATING YOUR LIFE'S STORY

Presented By: Butch Hibben      

L. A. (Butch) Hibben, Certified Legacy Advisor, has been involved in the field of family…

I'm proud to announce that Tracing Your Female Ancestors, a special issue of Internet Genealogy Magazine  is now available

I wrote these articles to help researchers explore  new ideas for researching their female ancestors. Researching women is different and these unique…

2013 marks the 10 year anniversary of Legacy Multimedia. It will be later this fall and I will commemorate the decade in a fitting manner…. later.

Right now, with the new year, and this huge blank slate of time before me, I want to focus on my new mantra regarding my own personal history, “get ‘er done!” (Since I live in Texas, I can talk to myself in cowboy language.)

Right about the time that I was starting Legacy Multimedia, I also started the long and complex process of…

                                     CVGS Spring Seminar:

           "Do Your Genes Fit?  Discover Your DNA"      

               Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 9am to 3pm

      

    Do you want to know all about DNA genetic testing and how it can help you learn about your…

Chicago, Illinois – January 4, 2013: Jennifer Holik of Generations collaborates with staff at Casa Italia Chicago to create a new genealogy department. The mission of the Genealogy Department is to collect, catalogue and preserve vital records, documents, published materials, artifacts, and stories pertaining to the family history of Italian Americans in Chicago.

This department’s dedicated and energetic team…

Looking for family connections to the Maraghy family of Donegal.  There are many spellings.  My maternal family hails from Hugh Maraghy (married to Bridget McGonigle).  Their children, for whom I have records, all immigrated to Boston in the mid/late 1800s.

Corn & Cotton Genealogy, Finding Our Ancestors

and Ancestral Journeys

Will Start Regular Twitter Chats in January, 2013



 



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