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… 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… 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 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,…
BLOG PARTY A Gift of Mother’s Love 2 May 2018March 7, 2021 © originally written 2001 (private) - unpublished The six children of Victoria, five daughters and a son; Were kept close to her heart that favoured no certain one -- Over…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…
Your Roots Are Showing Junior’s 7 Patriots, 1: Daniel SKINNER 2 Apr 2018April 2, 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 2018October 23, 2020 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 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 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…
Your Roots Are Showing Pieces of Pain, Parts of the Past 19 Dec 2016March 28, 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…
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,…
BLOG PARTY You may call me, “Sir” 23 Sep 2016March 28, 2018 Me? A teacher?!? Oh, you poor Dearies, *what* were you thinking?!? (And was drinking involved?)? It would be a very odd classroom, you know; a circular bar in the middle…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Genealogy with a Rabbit? (Seriously?) 19 Sep 2016March 29, 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.…
NaPoWriMo… A Gift for the Bride #NaPoWriMo (2) 2 Apr 2016April 29, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: to write a poem that takes the form of a family portrait. ============================================================================ The beveled glass was cloudy and the laminate frame was split; The backing paper…
Your Roots Are Showing My Dead (Zombie) Tree? 28 Mar 2016March 31, 2018 I have always liked a good Blame Game. In Facebook, on Saturday (26 April 2016), I saw what I call a "Dead Tree." It is your genealogy tree, but instead of the names…