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 […]
Recently, while volunteering at my local FamilySearch Center, a new patron came by. She has a professional business where she locates documents for her clients to qualify for certain societies. She mentioned SAR and DAR, and I have to confess that I drew a blank of what SAR was. Of course, once she told me
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I am not sure how it started, but we decided around my milestone, 60th birthday that we would go to our local animal shelter and adopt a puppy. We have been empty pupsters, since our daughter moved out with her dog, Piper. We consider Piper our family dog, as she was after Shadow, our first
Are you a hint chaser? Let me explain. If your tree is on ancestry, do you only do the leaf icon (hints) that are at the top of the page? I was curious as I don’t look very often and never solely work on hints, but according to Ancestry, I have 84,670 hints. That is
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In my first post on this blog, I talked about why I started my tree in 2009 and how I needed a tree to figure out how I was related to my DNA cousins. You can say I learned genealogy and citing my sources on the fly. Do I cite like a professional genealogist? Probably
One of the nice things I like about Ancestry is how easy it is to personalize your tree with events. When the ancestor is fully opened in either “Facts” or “LifeStory” modes, you will see detailed information that will also include your personal touches. With the LifeStory, the photos you added are already included in
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In a previous post, I discussed how to add media to your tree, but what if you want to keep a record you find on Ancestry that you want to store on your personal computer and then re-upload to Ancestry. You are probably saying ‘huh’ to the re-uploading. I will explain it in my post,
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Do you have a lot of black and white photos in your tree and wonder what they would look like in color? Well, wonder no more with Ancestry’s new colorizing photo feature that lets you adjust an old photo to a look you will love! This feature does not take off the original black and
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So, you have taken the AncestryDNA® test and have a tree on Ancestry. What else can you do to help figure out how you are related to your DNA cousins? Just like with your tree, you can invite people and give them the right access level to help you figure out your DNA relationships. I
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Recently, while working on my tree, I realized I was a recipient of a random act of genealogy kindness, and I naturally passed on this kindness onto someone else. Sometimes these random acts are a genealogy breakthrough for the recipient. Which happened to me and, in turn, the person I helped. Here is what happened
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