Skip to content

Down the Rabbit Hole with Sir LeprechaunRabbit

Serious about Genealogy? Let this Olde Grey hare show you about

Search
  • TWITTER
  • PINTEREST
  • FACEBOOK
  • INSTAGRAM
  • Latest Mess
  • About
  • Documents
  • Letters to Lexie
  • Appearances

Tag: genealogy

Genealogy…

BOOK REVIEW: Planning A Future

30 May 2019October 14, 2019
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

BLOG PARTY: Hello, Sweet, January. Just Passin’ Through, Again?

14 Jan 2019January 29, 2019
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 2018May 6, 2018
© originally written 2001 (private) - unpublished The six children of Victoria, five daughters and a son; Were kept close to her heart that favoured no certain one -- Over…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 2018January 18, 2019
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 2016February 15, 2020
I still get quite a few curious tweets, Facebook comments, e-mails and Instagram reactions about this. And, my name?!? (0.0) "You should change it!" Perhaps I can explain why I…
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…

Posts navigation

Older posts
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

RSS Feed RSS - Posts

RSS Feed RSS - Comments

Email Subscription

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 5,151 other subscribers

Most Up-To-Date Schedule Here:

18JAN, 01FEB, 15FEB, 01MAR, 15MAR, 29MAR, 12APR, 26APR, 10MAY
GENCHAT Fridays for 2019

What You’re Liking: Greatest Hits

  • Why Could They Not Be Original?
  • Fallen Leaves - an (exhaustive) observation about cemeteries
  • BOOK REVIEW: Planning A Future
  • DNA Matches: Not For the Faint of Heart
  • BLOG PARTY: Hello, Sweet, January. Just Passin' Through, Again?

Archives

Blog Stats

  • 14,460 hits

Proud Supporter

VGA Blogger

Virtual Genealogical Association Blogger
We are everywhere!

We Like To Party! We Like … We Like To Party!

We Like ... We Like To Party!
We Like To Party! We Like ... We Like To Party!

VGA Member

You Are Never Alone Doing Genealogy
You Are Never Alone Doing Genealogy
  • TWITTER
  • PINTEREST
  • FACEBOOK
  • INSTAGRAM