Sunday afternoon I was reading Susan Petersen’s post on her Long Lost Relatives blog about how to make the most use of Find-A-Grave. It’s a useful article and while I do most of what she discusses, as I read it, I was inspired to create the memorial for my grandmother that just passed away on […]
Tombstone Tuesday: Filling in Our Find-A-Grave Entries Read More »
Can my friends help me out?? I have added a plugin that allows you to comment on my blog using the Facebook Comments API. This is a short-term test and I may not keep it. But, the only way to get a feel for how it works is to have some test users. Won’t you help?
Quick pointer to one of my other blogs for a post about the value of Google News Archive. They may not be adding to their collection, but what is there sure is helpful! Click on the image below to read it.
Google News Archive Comes in Handy Read More »
I love when I come across small gems. One of my side projects is to index names from the North Carolina college yearbooks that the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center has been actively adding online. I do this to put them in a searchable database for the NCGenWeb Project. Along the way, I find people of
Found a Cousin In An Old Yearbook Read More »
Sadly, yesterday morning, Mother’s Day, my maternal grandmother, Alice Elizabeth McNair Robinson, passed away. She was 86 years old. Affected by Alzheimer’s these past several years, she fell ill a few weeks ago from an infection and never fully recovered. She was the last one of all her parent’s children and my last biological
Rest in Peace Grandma Read More »
George Fortman Sr. (abt. 1852 – d. unknown) is the last known patriarch of my husband’s aunt, J. He was born in Kentucky as a slave around 1852, lived in Illinois for awhile, and his son, George Fortman Jr. (1878-1934) married Martha Sanders and had 11 children, one of whom was J’s father. George Jr. too was
Meet George Fortman – A Brickwall Bust Read More »
This week Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is one I could do quite easily without a second thought. Here’s the task: 1) Think of the genealogy related wishes you have – what education, database, or information would make your genealogy research dreams come true? Be specific – as many wishes as you want to list!
My Genea-Wish List Read More »
How familiar really are genealogists with the wealth of materials available on the Internet Archive (IA)? Since RootsTech, I’ve seen more discussion and awareness than I’d seen before then as the IA’s founder, Brewster Kahle was a keynote speaker, but the site is still, in my opinion, vastly under-appreciated. I’ve been using IA extensively for several
The Genealogy Digital Bookshelf Read More »
I’ve learned a new vocabulary term this week – “heir house.” Never heard of it before, but this has been my opportunity to learn. Let me explain. Yesterday I learned from my mother that her grandparents house at 502 Wilson Street in Plymouth (Washington County), NC is up for consideration to be turned over to
Our House on Wilson Street Read More »
I’m a newspaper freak and I am loving Gale Cengage company right now. From now until April 24th they are offering free access to several databases in honor of National Library Week. This is just a quick post to send you over to the NCGenWeb Blog for more details and the link to access it.
Free Newspapers through April 24th! Read More »