Are you tired of juggling numerous apps and tech products while delving into your family history? I totally understand the struggle. That’s why I want to share my streamlined “tech stack” with you, providing insights into the tools I rely on to boost my efficiency as I pursue my family history. The top 5 items […]
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Have you ever told a story so many times that you know your audience is bored of it? I’m the first to raise my own hand – I’m guilty LOL. Every year on her birthday, I tell my daughter her birth story and I bet she’s totally over it by now, but I want her
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Do you set goals for your family history? As 2021 is now over and today is the first day of 2022, I thought this would be the perfect day to recap last year and set goals for next year. My friend, Julie Cahill Tarr, recently posted about her 2022 goals and she inspired me to
Genealogy Recap 2021, Genealogy Goals 2022 Read More »
Oh my! I’ve just created a photo book in less than 5 minutes! Let me share more. I’ve shared here on my blog before that I scrapbook throughout the year and make family yearbooks. I started doing this in 2017 and I have found it a worthwhile and meaningful way to document our memories. I
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Y’all! Happy Valentine’s Day to me! I am thrilled to do this post to share my 2018 Family Yearbook! I just received it in the mail this evening and I could not be happier. I finished the pages back in December but needed to think about how I wanted to print them. I was not
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We’ve just had the Superbowl and part & parcel of the Superbowl are the ads. Did you see the Loretta Ad? Oh my goodness! I was half paying attention to it when it aired, but as I heard the tail end of it, I was enamored and it made me teary-eyed – and from what
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As I get started into this new year, I continue to remain focused on reducing the clutter I have in my genealogy files. A few days ago, I took some time to deconstruct a research binder I put together for a part of my genealogy research. This was a binder I initially created about 14
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Happy New Year! It’s now 2020 and we are beginning a new decade! 2019 was a great year for me with regard to my family history and genealogy activities and I wanted to share a brief recap. Some of my highlights include: Presenting for the Tennessee State Library & Archives, the Maury County Genealogical Society, and
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Intro: This post is #5 is a series I am writing about my digital photo/file organization processes. In previous posts, I covered 1) how I gather my photos into one place, 2) how I name my files, 3) how I backup my digital photos, and 4) how I establish a structure for my files. Here,
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Last week, I posted about a presentation I did for the Genealogical Society of Maury County on digital photo management and shared some of the details of my presentation. In follow-up, I thought it would be helpful to share details of my specific approach. This is the first in a series of posts where I
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