Daughters of The American Revolution
I am working on a plan. As I hit retirement, I ask myself, what do I want? What do I want to leave behind? Important…
The Joy of Research Logs
If you read my previous post, then you would have read my praises on research logs. To summarize, I have little time to research and…
The Jacob Allen House
Today, researchers have not only the internet to help us find details, facts and information but we have the internet to find support, friends and…
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Celebrating The Allen Gazette, 100 years old!
I was researching this weekend and when I came upon my original copy of The Allen Gazette, I noted the date, 1917. It is 100…
Women
Surprisingly, I find people that do not research their maternal ancestors. I don’t know how you leave those stones unturned, And it’s not necessarily true…
Writing the book
Finally I am formatting the book I hope to write. Although I will provide documentation, I will abandon the well known version of formatted genealogy…
Organizing Research
Over the years, I have chanced upon so many ways to organize research.There are websites, groups, books, and such to teach organization. I have also…
I do Instagram for my business. Whenever I learn something for my business, as soon as I am comfortable with it, I run to my…
Willie E. Balentine
My Great Grandfather was Bill Balentine. He told numerous tales that found their way into oral history. Apparently he had a grand sense of humor….
Baileys
Today I thought to do another round of paper diving within the Parker Family Bible published 1849. There are dozens of letters, newspaper clippings, and…