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Research is boring, but rewarding

I'm Michael Lamka of the Ohio part of the clan. I've been actively searching for family roots since about Family Tree Maker V2.0. My last version was 10, decided I was not entirely happy with the reviews on the newer versions so tried some free/trial downloads of other software and finally settled on Legacy 7.0 Deluxe.

I signed up for this social network in hopes of receiving assistance and creating a strictly genealogicol place for my siblings and other relatives to keep track of… Continue

Added by M Lamka on July 14, 2009 at 8:41am — No Comments

Now That's Art!!!

I found this cool website, where you can purchase your own DNA art.

Paste the following into your browser:

http://www.mygeneimage.com

Added by CHASTITY on July 13, 2009 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

German Ancestors

I have been browsing the members section and it seems that pretty much everyone I come across, including myself, has a German country to search or are connected to Germany in some way. I wonder why this is?What are your thoughts on the subject?

Anyhow, let me tell me why I am interested in Germany. My great-great-grandmother, Jalie Caroll was born to a German mother(identity unknown), and a Black father(Mr. Walter Carroll). She then came to the states and met and married my… Continue

Added by CHASTITY on July 13, 2009 at 3:35pm — 5 Comments

Understanding the Use of Sources

Not having sources to document where you found information on your ancestors in genealogy is like Superman wearing his alter ego Clark Kent's glasses, useless. Without the use of sources, information in a genealogical report is nothing more than hearsay. The more sources a genealogy report presents, the more credible the report. Many beginning genealogists do not understand sources though. The more a genealogist understands the differences between sources and the information derived from… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 12, 2009 at 9:47am — 3 Comments

Family Tree Connection - Update (12/Jul/2009)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Packer Collegiate Institute 1908-1909 Catalogue - The Fifty-Sixth Annual Catalogue of the Packer Collegiate Institute, Joralemon and Livingston Streets, Between Clinton and Court Streets, Brooklyn, New York, 1909. The Packer Collegiate Institute was opened for the admission of students on the 9th day of November, 1854.…

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Added by Illya Daddezio on July 12, 2009 at 9:33am — No Comments

Border What Border?

One thing that you begin to notice as you research you ancestors is that they seem to view the border as not there at all. Searching the border crossings at Ancestry.com is a good way to track some of these elusive people. Not only that, if you look at the document closely it may also give you a bit of an insight as to what they looked like (I found that my maternal grandfather whom I never knew as he died in 1935 was 5’8” with blue eyes and brown hair). Since I have never been able to find… Continue

Added by William Bruce Hillman on July 11, 2009 at 7:29am — 1 Comment

Hugged by Ancestors

I made a reference in a previous blog about feeling hugged by my ancestors when sitting among my grandparents scrapbooks, photo albums, journals, etc., when I was 16 years old. A new found friend on GenealogyWise emailed me and said he liked that phrase, "hugged by ancestors." A few of the back and forth emails had the subject line "Hugged by ancestors," and I have not been able to get this phrase out of my head since.

As I pulled a few different genealogy files out today to look up… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 11, 2009 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Family Reunion Apathy

Five years ago, my mom and I started the process of getting all her siblings and their children and grandchildren together. She is one of eight (seven now living), and such a large family coupled with long-standing family disputes, meant that we had never all been together in the same place at the same time. Out of my twenty-seven first cousins, there were at least… Continue

Added by Tara Pfarner on July 9, 2009 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

When I got bit by the genealogy bug...

Everyone has a story of when they were bit by the genealogy bug and their entire lives were transformed to trying to get as much information as possible about their family. This blog will share mine. I will also post this as a discussion forum to hear others stories.

My paternal grandfather died when I was 16 years old on December 17, 1993. I was a junior in high school. Both sets of my grandparents lived two hours from my house in different directions, so I was never close with any… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 9, 2009 at 11:03am — 1 Comment

Preparing to Research Your Family Tree

Researching your family tree can be a rewarding experience, not just for you, but also for other living members of your family and those members yet to be born. The first step in preparing to research your family tree is to write down all the information about your family that you know. Include names, birth, marriage, divorce, and death dates and locations. Occupations, residences, schools attended, medical information, and anything else you find pertinent to your family tree should also be… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 8, 2009 at 5:53pm — No Comments

Seeking contact with any other BLOFELD, BLOFIELD or BLOWFIELD researchers

I am researching all occurances of the surname BLOFELD plus variants such as BLOFIELD and BLOWFIELD as part of a one-name study. Please contact me if you have these surnames in your ancestry, I may be able to help with your research.

Added by Gillian on July 8, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments