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 »
How many episodes of the Finding Your Roots TV show have you watched over the years? I’ve watched many and had some favorites among them (hint – L.L. Cool J.) but no matter the episode, I always enjoy seeing how the guests react when their family stories are shared with them. To that end, I
Finding Your Roots Workshop – An Exhilarating Experience! Read More »
I think that one day in another life, I could be on the radio – haha! Is it wrong of me to say that I really like how my voice sounds? In all seriousness, I am writing this because I have had the fortunate opportunity to be a guest on another podcast! Just this past
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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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I just love a great genealogy hunt and last night I had another chance to go on one! This past weekend, while visiting a local antique store, I found a picture of a man identified as Lt. William L. Quinn. It was taken at the Stanley Paulger studio in Montgomery, Alabama. The picture included this
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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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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
Recording the Church History Read More »
My volunteer activities with the national USGenWeb Project brings me great satisfaction as, through it, I am able to help others in their genealogy research. If you are not familiar with the project, through the generous time donations of hundreds of volunteers, we have websites with free genealogy resources for all 3,000+ counties in the
Adopting Jefferson County KYGenWeb Read More »
Between 2013-2015, one of the side projects I started was to create a master index of names that appeared in Loose Estate Files of North Carolina. The North Carolina Genealogical Society partnered with FamilySearch to help index the names that appeared in the files so that they could then become searchable on the FamilySearch website. Well,
An Indexing Project Comes to Fruition Read More »
This summer has been one that has brought multiple opportunities for me to further engage within the genealogy community and I’m so delighted! It has been a busy one for sure, but through these upcoming activities I will learn more and contribute at an even higher level to the genealogy community. I am pleased to
My Genealogy Dance Card is Full Read More »