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Continuing a Tradition: Forgetting My Blogoversary 10 Aug 2013 | 06:15 am
Almost. If it hadn't been for Grant Davis of The Stephen Sherwood Letters, who was kind enough to leave a congratulatory comment on this blog, I would have forgotten my blogoversary. My relative lac...
Gen Zen 2 Aug 2013 | 06:18 am
The best results often happen when you aren’t even trying.... There is no other way to describe it. It’s the Zen of genealogy. But I should back up and explain. During my one year plus of self-impo....
How I Feel About Ancestry Getting Rid of Old Search 29 Jun 2013 | 04:33 am
This pretty much sums it up.
Checking In 20 May 2013 | 01:57 am
Long time, no write. Thank you to readers and followers who have stuck with me during an online absence that has lasted longer than I thought - my last post was in 2012! I’m still doing genealogy (j...
Why I’m Creating a Junk Tree on Ancestry 29 Dec 2012 | 06:20 am
No, it’s not revenge for all of the poorly documented trees I’ve had to wade through on Ancestry. Nor is it a psychological experiment to see just what kind of ridiculous garbage people will copy int...
What’s Been Happening, Part 1 (or: Fun with DNA) 13 Nov 2012 | 05:06 am
“Regular” life is same-old, same-old = too much work, but in my exhausted stupor in the evenings, I’ve managed to make a little bit of progress over the past year. There have only been two “active” a...
Four Years Old 10 Aug 2012 | 06:45 am
My fourth blogoversary comes at the end of my “quietest” year in blogging. Real life, mainly my job, claimed a lot of the time I would have preferred to spend on research and blogging. I have been g...
The Meaning of "Finished" 6 Aug 2012 | 05:27 am
“It is finished.” The indexing of the 1940 census, that is. Sort of. And my laggard state, Texas, is finally fully indexed. I think of the state as being the slow one, not the indexers. Texas see...
How to Spot a Genealogy Impostor 6 Jun 2012 | 09:27 am
I am not sure why someone who is not a genealogist would want to pass himself/herself off as one, but here are some surefire signs to help spot any potential impostors: A genealogy impostor: Thinks ...
I Got my Invitation for Ancestry DNA 23 May 2012 | 11:43 am
And Gmail put it in the Spam folder. So I didn't see it until today. When it's too late. Still pouting....
