No the banana cake is not rotten nor for that matter are the bananas. This is the cake recipe name my mother gave for using up really ripe bananas. I think she would say this to get a rise out of her family and friends. As bananas ripen, they develop more brown spots, turn sweeter […]
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One tool I easily use everyday in my ancestry research is the computer screenshot application called Snip & Sketch, formerly called Snipping Tool. All computers have screenshot tools that come on your computer and if you don’t have one you can easily download a screenshot application in your computer apps. My goal is to show
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This blog is a “How to” stay safe when logging onto ancestry websites when on a public computer. Recently, while I was volunteering at my Family History Center, I was about to log onto Ancestry when I noticed it had already populated a name and password. The problem was that it wasn’t me, but a
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One memory I have of my grandma is her baking what she called “Mayonnaise Cake”. Recently when I was having my remembrance birthday for my mom, I couldn’t think of her favorite cake, so I decided to make the cake that was made so often by my grandma. I do not have my grandma’s original
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This feature photo you might think is a remembrance for Veteran’s or Remembrance Day. For me it is a remembrance for my mom. There was a certain section in her vegetable garden that she always had her poppies. I recently found an old packet of poppy seeds that my mother gave me probably over 30
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In the previous blogs I have been going step by step on how to add your story/memory or a photo with a story to a person in your tree by using several media methods with Ancestry® . In this blog I will show you how to convert a PDF to a JPG file type so
Our family has been hankering for grandma’s applesauce, but we had a problem: she kept the simple recipe in her head and had passed away in 2011. True to her lingo we Whomped-it! If you are looking for a slightly tart chunky applesauce recipe with apple peels then you have found the right recipe. With
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In my previous blog posts: Do Special Holiday/Celebrations and Ancestry Have Something in Common? and How to Add Photo Media to Your Ancestry Tree, I discussed why storytelling/memories should be added to your tree in the media forms of either a PDF or photo and how to do so. In this blog I will continue
In my recent blog: “Do Special Holidays/Celebrations and Ancestry Have Something in Common?“, I mentioned that the storytelling should be attached to your online ancestry tree as either a document or a photo. In this “How to” tutorial, I will walk you through the process of how to add photo media to your tree in
In a previous blog post I mentioned cherry pie and thought I would follow it up with another interest of mine, which is cooking. I am sure most people keep their own personal cookbook with all the alterations they’ve made to their recipes. I started entering my recipes in 1991 and now my book is
