Greatest Hits (10) The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon, Part 1 #AGSCon17 #OGSConf2017 9 Apr 201717 Apr 2018 The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon is a completely hypothetical activity: Genealogists gather to dine over lunch, one on one, with their most elusive ancestor -- regardless of Time and Space in order to gather…
Greatest Hits (10) Genealogy with a Rabbit? (Seriously?) 19 Sep 201617 Apr 2018 I still get quite a few curious tweets, Facebook comments, e-mails and Instagram reactions about this. And, my name?!? (0.0) I have been told repeatedly that it is very difficult…
Greatest Hits (10) You Can Draw a Memory 31 May 201617 Apr 2018 Road Trip = Adventure I was a single, military parent with three (very hyper) little boys, aged nine, seven and four. It was too easy getting them involved in my…
Greatest Hits (10) The Prince, The Fox and The Sword of Light #NAPOWRIMO (27) 28 Apr 201618 Apr 2018 Long line assignment: Long lines, like a ballad, I can do! :) This verse is based upon a story (by Mara Freeman) of the same name, that I heard a…
Greatest Hits (10) Can YOU Be More? #12FamilyFinds 7 Sep 201517 Apr 2018 Hullo, my name is Rabbit .. And I'm a genealogist! These simple words mean so many different things to an equally different group of people. To the misinformed, you are…
Greatest Hits (10) How Do We #GenChat 23 Mar 201517 Apr 2018 I use my computer and cellphone. I use my personal computer to participate but keep my cell open on my Twitter page to locate stragglers or tweets from those forgetting the…
Greatest Hits (10) Fearless Females (27): Big Sister 27 Mar 201317 Apr 2018 [PLEASE NOTE: There are no posts for Fearless Females (25) SUBJ – Motherly Instincts or (26) SUBJ – Education.]. I do not possess any documentation of their journey, nor proof…
BLOG PARTY Stolen: One Garden Trowel 18 Apr 201818 Apr 2018 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…
Your Roots Are Showing Junior’s 7 Patriots, 1: Daniel SKINNER 2 Apr 20182 Apr 2018 A while ago, I mentioned that I would help my son, Junior, trace his late grandmother's side of the family - not mine. When he was small, he had helped…
BLOG PARTY The Untimely Return of The Time Capsule Challenge 1 Apr 20182 Apr 2018 As a long-standing member of the Ontario Genealogical Society, I lapsed a few years while I was serving overseas, but have kept re-newing since my return home, and later, re-location…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit A Wee Name Change AND A Merge 28 Mar 20184 Apr 2018 Yes, I know the Twitter poll was greatly against a name change, but I didn't really change it much - I cheated "Rock of Ages: Grave Concerns" (the blog) is…
BLOG PARTY Snowy was Lookout 4 Mar 201828 Mar 2018 It was mid-July 2001, and MiLady’s visit to Ontario was ending. The 90-minute car ride to the aeroport was sullen. Very odd when you think of three little boys, all…
BLOG PARTY Shaping Up with Nostalgia 30 Jan 201828 Mar 2018 “Rabbit? RABBIT!” the Olde Banshee wailed, before poking me in the ribs. Startled, I poorly managed to stay in my chair. “Oh, you’re NOT dead,” she pouted. “Nostalgia! I’m trying…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit They Call Her “Aunty G” #AGSCon17 2 Apr 201728 Mar 2018 It was a quiet and lazy Sunday morning -- that in itself should have set off alarms -- for never is there a day, down the rabbit hole, that is…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit The History of Blogger Beads #AGSCon17 16 Mar 201728 Mar 2018 This year the Alberta Genealogical Society Conference will attempt something new school. Blogger beads! They are multi-coloured, Mardi-Gras style necklaces that have been a cherished souvenir among bloggers at…
Your Roots Are Showing DNA: The New (Genealogy) Age 8 Mar 20172 Apr 2018 I've been doing genealogy since I was nine years old — or for 45 years, or since 1972, but, whichever way you look at it, it is a very long…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit The National Archives Tour is Booked #OGSConf2017 5 Mar 201728 Mar 2018 While looking over the OGS Conference guide, Nostalgia groused. "Oh, no! The National Archives tour is full!" "They must remember you," I smirked. "From 30 years ago?!?" the Olde Banshee…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit And as Time Draws Near … #AGSCon17 24 Feb 201728 Mar 2018 Nostalgia was in a panic. "We're running out of time, Rabbit!" she screeched. "April is not far off, now!" "What's wrong, Gia?" I asked, fearful of the endless probabilities that…
Your Roots Are Showing Pieces of Pain, Parts of the Past 19 Dec 201628 Mar 2018 Genealogy can be a very lonely hobby. I've been at it for over 40 years and am now just benefiting from it, this past year (late 2015-2016). Three younger cousins…
Your Roots Are Showing Letters to Santa 6 Dec 201629 Mar 2018 I remember writing many letters to Santa Claus when I was younger, but I never believed he ever saw them, due to the unreliable form of delivery. Oh, no, not…
Your Roots Are Showing Sunday’s Obituary: Author of Two Church Books Dies in Nauvoo 12 Nov 201631 Mar 2018 Taken from THE SAINTS' HERALD, 1961FB20 Mabel A. [SANFORD] ATKINSON, author of Joseph's Beautiful City (1939; image shown above) and The Land Shadowing with Wings (1952), died Sunday, January 22,…
