My daughter has been watching a lot of gaming videos lately, so I’ve got gaming terminology on my mind. Let me tell you about my next level coming up for my digital photo management game! First of all, it’s Thursday! This means I usually post an old picture on Facebook for #ThrowbackThursday. But, today, rather […]
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I’ve had quite a busy weekend! Yesterday, I was at the Nashville Zoo to learn more about the African American history at the site, and today, I went to Greenwood Cemetery to take pictures for BIllionGraves. I’ve blogged about BillionGraves several times before here on my blog: my first impressions of it before I could
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I wanted to share the two newest additions to my personal library – well, one of them will stay with me and one won’t. The first book is Kenyatta Berry‘s “The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy.” Kenyatta is a notable genealogist and one of the hosts of
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When I started working on my family history about 14 years ago, one of the resources I quickly developed a love for were historical newspapers. I found them fascinating as they are full of so many different types of information! When I reached a point where I wanted to give back to the genealogy community,
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My graduate project when I obtained my library and information science degree from UNC-Chapel Hill was to index a rap music magazine. I came up with controlled terminology, created a database, and indexed issues of The Source, one of my favorite rap music magazines at the time. I was an avid reader of the publication,
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Yesterday, I was delighted to have the opportunity to present at the 30th Annual Genealogical Seminar of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society. I gave a talk about using digital book collections (e.g., Google Books, the Internet Archive, and HathiTrust Digital Library) and principles in managing and organizing digital photographs. I had a blast! I was
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I received the most incredible email yesterday! Mr. Eddie Ellis Jr., A historian of Havelock, NC in Craven County, NC shared with me incredible details about a family member of mine. That family member is Rev. Wright L. Lawhorn and he was a brother of my 2nd great-grandfather, Samuel Becton Lawhorn. We are fortunate to
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At the beginning of the year, I shared my strategy for how I am approaching the management of my digital photos. I have been working more on it lately and I thought it time for a progress check! You can read more about my strategy here, but essentially, my approach is to rely on Google
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My father’s family is from Craven County, North Carolina, and one of the churches his family worships in is Alum Springs Church. Today, the church held a celebration and my great-aunt, who is a member there and heavily involved in church activities, asked if I could contribute to the program and research the history of
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Whenever I tell the story of how I got involved in doing family history research, an important element to that story is how much help I gained from the Washington County, North Carolina USGenWeb site. It was such a tremendously valuable resource as I was getting started with my family history that I knew I
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