About submitting your documents
Using Gmail Compatibility using Google and Gmail For our purposes here, when sharing and editing documents, it will be most advantageous for you to use your gmail account. If you do not have gmail, the system will ask you to create an account within 14 days in order to see a shared document, and this ...
Seemingly disconnected artifacts
Using random keepsakes What to do with a pile of seemingly disconnected artifacts You've dusted the keepsake box. You've brought it downstairs and emptied its contents. You've carefully spread them in front of you, and, well, you begin to feel helpless. You have a hunch this one may will take some effort. "File 13" never ...
What’s in your attic?
RECORDING FAMILY HISTORY USING HEIRLOOMS AND OTHER COLLECTIBLES You are in the right place if you have a large collection of heirlooms, and if you look at it periodically and walk away, frustrated, and if you’re tired of the piles of unorganized documentation, and if you want to record your history for your kids but ...
Stories and profiles: Create a timeline
There are no doubt ancestors about whom you know little. I posted recently about my great grandma, Bertha Servatius. I hoped someone would see it and offer something, anything, to help. I'm still searching, but a question came to mind when putting together this section of the blog. How does one go about giving an ...
Scuttlebutt
The place for the latest. The scoop. The buzz. I will be posting articles related to labeling, preserving, and recording genealogical artifacts. First up will be the following topics: Watermarking photos, a consideration. See: WHY WATERMARK? Distinguishing between truth and fact. See: TRUTH OR FACT Preserving original documents. See: DOCUMENT AND PHOTO PRESERVATION HOW TO FIND NEWS: Click ...
Why watermark?
Watermarking online photos Why include your John Henry? What follows is MY OPINION only. This is a discourse on why I choose to mark my photos. I have been the recipient of photo thievery on Facebook. I have been the recipient of photo thievery on Ancestry. I claim the status of amateur photographer; I do ...
Unsolved mysteries
One of our most frustrating genealogical mysteries is the identity of this woman. If possible, click on the photos to see a larger view. I first thought these are photos of the same person, and I'll get to that soon. My confusion stems from the fact that these very similar-looking women are identified differently or ...
Solved! Or is it?
When you "solve" a mystery You've downed gallons of coffee, torn out your hair, checked and rechecked sources, searched for family members, made contact, but... Face it: You're addicted and you HAVE TO KNOW. You cannot let it go. You think about it all the time. You decide to check just one more lead...and the ...
Trinkets & treasures
WHAT ABOUT THOSE HARD-TO-CATEGORIZE COLLECTIBLES? Inevitably, there are items that end up collecting dust. Some are hard to use in the present; a smaller, easier, or more versatile item has taken its place. Others will always collect dust. Still, there are ways to help your children learn how their ancestors lived. Can anyone guess the ...
The Malevolent Matriarch 