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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.…
Genealogy…

To My Dear Friend, Grave Yard Rabbit

7 May 2022
I received a letter at work, when I never had before; The writer knew me, but not I of he, but still he did implore: To: My Dear Friend, Grave…
2022 A2Z Challenge…

A2Z [2022] Reflection

2 May 2022May 2, 2022
"Do The Challenge, Again!" they said, "But use a Genealogy theme, this time!" Note to Self: Do NOT listen to them, again! Truth be told, it was not very difficult…
2022 A2Z Challenge…

A2Z 2022: Oral Stories

7 Mar 2022May 2, 2022
Oral Stories and Hand-Me-Downs Are they goldmines for genealogists, or just repetitive old rumours, and juicy, embellished gossip, handed down from generation to generation? It was the early 1800s, in…
2021 A2Z Challenge

A2Z [2021] Reflection

3 May 2021March 8, 2022
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,…
2016 A2Z Challenge…

A2Z [2016] Reflection

30 Apr 2021May 2, 2022
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…
Genealogy…

Voices of Genealogy

2 Apr 2021March 13, 2022
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 2021April 19, 2022
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 |…
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…
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Hello, Sweet, January. Just Passin’ Through, Again?

14 Jan 2019March 8, 2022
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…
Genealogy…

Now We #Genchat with TweetDeck

10 Jan 2019March 2, 2022
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…
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 8, 2022
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…
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A Gift of Mother’s Love

2 May 2018March 8, 2022
© 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…

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