A Story Too Good Not to Be Told
Check out my latest blog post for the TNGenWeb Project. It’s a must-read. You won’t want to miss it! 🙂
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Additions to my Genealogy Collection
If I never felt like a genealogist, boy, I sure do now! It all started simply enough. An email from my friend Kay Lynn, who volunteers with me in the NCGenWeb project: …while cleaning out and going thru all my genealogy books I came upon a few Washington County cemeteries that were surveyed in 1936.. would
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Made the Newspaper Today
In light of the volunteer work I do with the TNGenWeb Project. A reporter in nearby Clarksville called me earlier this week and wanted to know more about our group. It was a great opportunity to further explain the project and our mission and I’m happy to have aided in some PR for us. You
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52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy – Week #3 – Free Online Genealogy Tools
With the new year, I am planning to do more blog posts for Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks series. This is now week #3 and the topic is “Free Online Genealogy Tools.” Specifically, Free online genealogy tools are like gifts from above. Which one are you most thankful for? How has it helped your family history
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Site Engagement or Big Brother-ish Stalking?
Today I learned of a website analytics software package called Woopra that is a very interesting application for sure! The premise of it is that you install a tracking script on your site, and you are then able to view your site visitors “in real time” as they navigate around. As a test, I set
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My New Responsibilities with the USGenWeb Project
The month of July has gone by in a whirlwind for me due to some new responsibilities. Effective July 1, I became the new statewide coordinator for the Tennessee component of the USGenWeb project, the TNGenWeb! I have been extensively involved with the NCGenWeb Project for several years now and have enjoyed every moment and
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Tombstone Tuesday: Domenico Aita
On Saturday afternoon, the hubby kidnapped us and decided that we were going to drive around aimlessly for awhile before getting something to eat. Our driving led us north of Nashville and in nearby Joelton. Well, guess what we saw along the way? A church cemetery! Being the good genealogist that I am,
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I Created an iPhone App!
I just can’t do anything with it. Inspired by RootsTech I finally decided to further investigate something I’ve been curious about – how to go about creating apps for Android & iPhone. I am so not a programmer/developer but I’ve heard of programs that allow non-developers to create apps and tried a few of them.
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Saturday Night Wiki Fest
Over the past few months I have been contributing to FamilySearch’s Research Wiki. In August I did a post describing my overall & positive impressions of the site. Essentially, it could become the Wikipedia for Genealogy if enough of us contribute to it. FamilySearch already has an impressive number of volunteers contributing to the Indexing
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Catching Up
Seems I have been remiss in posting here on my genealogy blog. In the past month we have moved so I am busy with that, plus I took a little time away from genealogy to get some cross-stitching time in. As for genealogy specifically, I did have another distant cousin find me on Facebook!