This past week, I’ve had a most glorious time getting stared with the free online genealogy course, RootsMOOC. If you haven’t heard of it, you must go check it out for it’s not too late to join! Currently, there are more than 3300 people who have signed up and the 1st week has been exhilarating! […]
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Every now and then, I like to change up the theme I use here on my blog. Last year, I skipped my update, but it’s been bugging me for awhile now, so I finally updated it. The new theme of choice is called “Leather Diary” and I like it! The theme layout gives me more
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Last night, PBS aired the 1st episode of their new series, “Genealogy Roadshow.” The first episode is now online for viewing if you missed it. The first episode was filmed here in my hometown of Nashville, TN and my husband and I actually auditioned for the show, though we didn’t end up making it on.
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When I was growing up, we changed residences all the time. I went to a different school every year until the 11th grade. And nope, we were not military. My mom just liked variety. And, I have inherited that particular trait. So… I’ve updated my blog design again. I typically do this once a year..
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Over the weekend while catching up on some blog reading, I came across this post by Dave Evans on the Cisco Blog – How the Internet Will Change the World for the Better. It is great reading. But, I was struck by this graphic – something I know conceptually to be true, but wow –
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Yesterday, Mocavo.com released a new collection of yearbooks. I was so ecstatic to see this! I enjoy looking through old yearbooks. A couple of years ago I created a yearbook index for the NCGenWeb Project. To date, I’ve indexed more than 30,000 names from close to 500 yearbooks. And where did those yearbooks come
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As if my Memorial Day Weekend didn’t already get off to a good start, Day 2 was also incredible. Today the family and I spent time accompanied by 4 visitors from Spain. One in particular, Carol, is on the search for her family here in Nashville. Carol is the daughter of an English woman
Today my genealogy blog is 5 years old. Wow! My first post on the blog was not lengthy, but in it, I hypothesized that I’d use this blog to “document what I learn as I research my family’s genealogy.” That has certainly turned out to be the case too. While I initially was not sure
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Last night while browsing through my RSS feeds I happened across a blog post on the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society News website requesting help in finding a photo of Dwight Hillis Wilson. Dwight Hillis Wilson (1909-1962), a native of Raleigh, NC , was a former archivist at Fisk University (here in my city of
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Last night, my husband and I were watching Roots: The Next Generations. We watch this periodically and each time I watch it, I do some online searching to add to the tree I’m building for Alex Haley’s family. It’s just a curiosity I have. One storyline that fascinates my husband is that of the interracial