Genealogy… Now We #Genchat with TweetDeck 10 Jan 2019March 10, 2021 I participated in genchat for years using TweetChat, but in 2018 I started to co-host, and the little chat browser could not keep up. Nurph disappeared. Tchat.io was not always…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Genealogy with a Rabbit? (Seriously?) 19 Sep 2016June 3, 2021 I still get quite a few curious tweets, Facebook comments, e-mails and Instagram reactions about this: my name! "You should change it!" Perhaps I can explain why I haven't yet.…
2021 A2Z Challenge Reflection 2021 #AtoZChallenge 3 May 2021May 3, 2021 It had been five years since I last participated in the AtoZ Challenge. I wondered if I had forgotten everything I had learned that long ago. In simple words: Yes,…
Genealogy… Voices of Genealogy 2 Apr 2021April 2, 2021 The Hidden Branch are young genealogists, who began interviewing older genealogy friends to learn what it was like researching when they were young. The responses were many and answers have…
2021 A2Z Challenge A2Z 2021: Unfinished Business 29 Mar 2021May 3, 2021 UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Nostalgia returns and no one is safe! Serial releases Monday to Saturday, starts April 1st! ANNIVERSARY | BIRTHDAY | CELEBRATION | DEMOTED ENIGMA | FRENZY | GUARANTEE |…
2016 A2Z Challenge A2Z 2016 15 Mar 2021April 8, 2021 (untitled) reposting; originals lost in blog relocation 2018 Alias | BOLO | Clueless | Detain | Encryption | Forensics | GUILTY! | Hearsay | Interpol | Jurisdiction | Kickbacks |…
2016 A2Z Challenge… A2Z [2016] Reflection 10 Mar 2021March 29, 2021 The #AtoZChallenge 2016 Reflection is late. Almost five (5) years late with my deepest apologies. 2016 was my first time in the activity and I was not aware there was…
2021 A2Z Challenge… a2zchallenge: Can Oral Stories Be True? 7 Mar 2021April 6, 2021 06APRIL2021: Due to unforeseen problems, this a2z Challenge will be postponed to 2022 Lies? Rumours? Or Mistaken Identities? "History became legend, legend became myth." - LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP…
Genealogy… Why Could They Not Be Original? 3 Nov 2020March 29, 2021 So, here I am, Day 34 of Self-Isolation, COVID-19 still running rampant and MiLady Rabbit has been contemplating my demise. (To date: unsuccessfully.). "Go play on your genealogy computer!" she…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fallen Leaves – an (exhaustive) observation about cemeteries 3 Nov 2020March 7, 2021 Thinking back, I wish I had a camera when I was younger. I would have used it well; taking pictures of the many exquisite memorials that graced the dozens of…
Genealogy… BOOK REVIEW: Planning A Future 30 May 2019March 7, 2021 If you are planning on spending your present (and perhaps some of your future) working in the past with the many aspects of genealogy and family history, you need this…
Genealogy… DNA Matches: Not For the Faint of Heart 29 Jan 2019 I have been trying to understand. Really, I have. Had purchased three major tests: AncestryDNA (2016), LivingDNA (2017) and FamilyTreeDNA (2018). Got the gobbledygook results from the first, and transferred…
BLOG PARTY Hello, Sweet, January. Just Passin’ Through, Again? 14 Jan 2019March 3, 2021 Every New Year, it is the same thing: what can I do to expand/add to my genealogy research, or my blog? And every New Year, I focus on Change TAKING INVENTORY…
BLOG PARTY The October Harvest of Cousins 31 Oct 2018October 31, 2018 October is always busy in any home. Summer winds down and Fall saunters in, when the children go back to school, but, if you are empty nesters like MiLady and…
BLOG PARTY Home Schooled in DNA 30 Sep 2018January 18, 2019 It is definitely an experience. An extremely steep learning curve, if you do not possess a science degree. (I keep a large bottle of painkillers nearby to make up for my…
BLOG PARTY A Bit of Work, A Hospital Stay and A New DNA Cousin 15 Aug 2018March 1, 2019 This month has been a whirlwind of commotion: I found gainful employment (four days before MiLady's re-scheduled surgery!); and the day before I landed that job ... a new DNA…
Bitter-Sweet Luncheon… The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon, Pt II #AGSCon17 #OGSConf2017 24 May 2018May 24, 2018 We all have wished (at least once) for such an opportunity to speak with our loved ones/ ancestors; but it is not a wish for the faint of heart. Yes,…
NaPoWriMo2018… NaPoWriMo Index 2018 2 May 2018May 11, 2018 NaPoWriMo is National Poetry Writing Month. It occurs every year. I missed 2018, last month, because I was looking for work. I do not consider myself a writer, I have…
BLOG PARTY A Gift of Mother’s Love 2 May 2018March 7, 2021 © originally written 2001 (private) - unpublished The six children of Victoria, five daughters and a son; Were kept close to her heart that favoured no certain one -- Over…
BLOG PARTY Stolen: One Garden Trowel 18 Apr 2018April 2, 2021 It was Autumn. 1972. Mama Rabbit was preparing dinner, when I blustered through the door bringing in a swirl of fallen leaves and discarded candy wrappers. We found Papa John…
NaPoWriMo2018… #NaPoWriMo2018 (14) 14 Apr 2018August 20, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: write entries for an imaginary dream dictionary pick one (or more) of the following words, and write about what it means to dream of these things: TEACUP…