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Rock of Ages – Grave Concerns AND Your Roots Are Showing, Dearie

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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…
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A2Z 2022: Oral Stories

7 Mar 2022March 30, 2023
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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,…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit

A Wee Name Change AND A Merge

28 Mar 2018April 4, 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…
Bitter-Sweet Luncheon…

The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon, Part 1 #AGSCon17 #OGSConf2017

9 Apr 2017May 24, 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…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit

They Call Her “Aunty G” #AGSCon17

2 Apr 2017June 3, 2021
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 2017March 28, 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…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit

The National Archives Tour is Booked #OGSConf2017

5 Mar 2017March 28, 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 2017March 28, 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…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit

Letters to Santa

6 Dec 2016May 6, 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…
Genealogy…

Sunday’s Obituary: Author of Two Church Books Dies in Nauvoo

12 Nov 2016April 30, 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,…
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…

You Can Draw a Memory

31 May 2016April 30, 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…

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