Do you ever get stuck on an ancestry problem where you have no one to ask about it or you feel uncomfortable always emailing your friend for help? Now, I could schedule a free 20-minute consultation, which I have done once. Sometimes, though, I just need to buckle down and work on whatever the problem […]
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You are probably thinking that something broke on my new computer, and I lost my genealogy work. I can safely say my computer is fine, but my genealogy thumb drive is toast. To me this was a freak accident as I have never had a thumb drive break. This drive is but one of many
A couple months ago, when I was giving blood with Vitalent, they mentioned that if you go to any of their locations and give blood you get eclipse glasses. I gave blood at my church on their mobile bus so no eclipse glasses. At the time I was thinking why do I want these glasses.
On my dad’s birthday, I received a text from my sister thanking me for the remembrance video that I made when he died. It had two of his favorite singers: Frank Sinatra and Elvis. It is up on YouTube as a private video, and she has permission to view it. I came back with: “Do
One thing you may not know about me is that I’m an early riser. Usually I am up around 5am. Yes, this is super early, but I have been doing this a long time. When I was working, it was my research time before work. Yes, I was very obsessed with my genealogy. Being an
In my post: Take 2: my dog tail makes a new ancestry tale, I mentioned that my next post would be the results of Dru and Piper’s DNA. With all the holidays getting in the way, it took time to get us all together so we could find out what breeds they were as they are
Recently on Ancestry, I was looking at my mother’s lines when I saw a hint that went to another tree. This intrigued me as on these lines I can only go back to my 2nd great-grandparents, which their information is very sketchy. Looking at his profile, he was from Germany. Inside, I was thinking ‘yes!
In a previous post, I talked about Mocha a Foster/adoption that went totally wrong. At the end, I mentioned we took Mocha to the animal hospital and sadly never saw her again. The rescue group did eventually update her status. I am happy to report Mocha is well and making dog memories with her forever
On July 16th, I received a message from my sister on our sibling group text: “Happy Heavenly Birthday Mom!!!” with heart emojis all around. Later, my brother texted “89.” At the time, I was finishing up at the pickle patch, but later I thought of this memory and texted “Wow! One cake I remember her
As I sit in my computer lounge chair writing this post, I am without power or, should I say, limited power, because of a generator. On Sunday, a thunderstorm came and knocked out power for a lot of the area and by Tuesday we were still without power, but it is hot. The next morning
