St. Patrick's Day Wishes
There is much written about this event and holiday. It seems it is observed in many places besides the USA and Ireland.
Green Beer, Cornedbeef and Cabbage, Shamrocks, Shamrock Shakes (mint shake Mc Donald's), etc. I think most drive in's have them. Did he drive the snakes out of Ireland? Did his staff change? I sure can not say but I can say Happy Anniversary to my brother and his wife for they married on this day. Luck of the Irish Maybe,
We have more Irish and Scot
It’s human nature to want to memorialize someone who has recently died. We want people to know who they were by allowing friends and family to come together and provide thoughts, insights and memories of the departed. Online, this is big business. This is because it can be shared all over the world and provides a platform that everyone can access, at any time.Here is my list of some of the top online memorial websites and obituary tribute websites. They are not ranked in any order of popularity
Mark Stein’s first book, How the States Got Their Shapes, answered a number of questions that have puzzled people for years. Why does Missouri have that little boot heel on its southeast corne
WESTMINSTER, Colo., 12 March 2011—The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History today announced its course lineup for this year’s British Institute. This weeklong, intensive institute will be held from 8–12 October in Salt Lake City. This year’s host hotel is the Radisson Downtown, located two blocks from the Family History Library. Registration is now open and class size is limited.
The Institute offers four tracks taught by expert genealogists:
POSSIBLY going to the Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands area sometime this spring. Taking out a few birds with one stone, vacation, genealogy trip.
POSSIBLY going to the Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands area sometime this spring. Taking out a few birds with one stone, vacation, genealogy trip.
Looking for information on Robert Kilgore b. 1735 Ireland. m. Winney Clayton. I have had FTDNA tests. Would like to share information, use my email: johnkilgore@satx.rr.com
I'm starting to unravel information on my father's side of the family. My maiden name of Pooler.
For a long time my father's family specifically the Poolers have been a big mystery to me. My father enlisted in the Navy in 1950. He served during the Korean War. His home port for many years was San Diego, California. He was stationed at Great Lakes, Chicago where he met my mother in 1953. She was sixteen. They saw each other as much as they could and were engaged after 6 months. The enga
I'm starting to unravel information on my father's side of the family. My maiden name of Pooler.
For a long time my father's family specifically the Poolers have been a big mystery to me. My father enlisted in the Navy in 1950. He served during the Korean War. His home port for many years was San Diego, California. He was stationed at Great Lakes, Chicago where he met my mother in 1953. She was sixteen. They saw each other as much as they could and were engaged after 6 months. The enga
Hi, all,
I am the family historian for the Johansen-McSherry family. Unlike many of the Norwegian immigrants who settled in Brooklyn, our side of the Johansens settled on Staten Island, New York. I know some things about our Johansen side, but am always eager to find out more.
If you have come across any information that you think would be helpful to me, please post a message here. Also, if I can be of any assistance to any of you, please let me know.
Thanks, Gerry
How far have you gotten on the Smith's? Vermilya's, etc. There is lots on Google, including biographies of George. B. R. Smith, and Theophilus Washington Smith, and etc.
I have Thomas Smith's will from 178?? something. Where he lists all his 6 children. oldest son: Richard, married well and was a great realestate developer, etc in NYC. George, a bank president, Theo W. a Supreme Court justice in Illinois. (btw , he is the only person ever impeached in Illinois, before Blagojovich!
my email
Craig Kilby is looking for supplemental information on War of 1812 veterans
buried in Shenandoah County, VA, who have German names. Contact Craig at
persisto1@gmail.com. He is working on a special War of 1812 project in
Virginia.
Cristopher RINKER, b. 1776, d. 1842,
John W. WINE, b. 1776, d. 1844, m. Elizabeth Unknown
John FRYE, b. unkown, d. 1872, m. 1815 Phoebe Ann Painter
Jacob FUNKHOUSER, b. 1766, d. 1846, m. 1791 Margaret Uknown
Henry PONZER, b. 1788, d. 1854, m. Eve Myers/Moyers
George KELLER
Are you ready to jump into the future and bring the past with you?
There are things we can do online today that we could not do several years ago.
We can easily share our surnames and thoughts and knowledge with each other.
In some mediums we can share pictures and documents which in the past we could not.
Sometimes seeing is believing and it makes the topic make more sense.
Do you think we could have a chat showing how to Site Your Sources?
Do you think we could teach someone how to use a new Geneal
One of the things that we have learned from the Who Do You Think You Are series is that not everything on our ancestors is available online. Remember that large document on Reba's English ancestors from the 1600s? Or the marriage register that awaited Martin Sheen in Italy? Or the newspaper articles on Blair Underwoods gt gt gt grandfather Sauney, the conjurer?
What did these episodes all have in common? The celebrities had to travel to their ancestral homeland to find the information they were
The Guild of One-Name Studies has reached another milestone. Today the 6,000th member joined the Guild of One-Name Studies. She is Mrs Sue Fisher-Pascall who lives in Chichester, UK. This milestone follows a very successful year for the Guild of One-Name Studies in 2010-11 when the Guild achieved its highest number of new members ever.
Of the 387 new members joining in 2011, 220 were from the UK, 69 from the US, 33 from New Zealand, 26 from Australia, 17 from Canada and 15 from Ireland. The rem
Family Tree University’s Spring 2012 Virtual Conference March 9-11 offers unique benefits
CINCINNATI, March 1, 2012—Have you ever missed a genealogy conference session you wanted to attend because the room was too full, or because the time conflicted with another session of interest? Or heard how great a session was after the fact and lamented that you didn’t choose it?
That’s just one of the problems solved by Family Tree University’s Virtual Conferences. These three-day online workshops are
Making huge strides in my research lately. I have been able to knock down brick walls that have existed for 35 years...only to find there was another one behind it!
Pennsylvania has finally put death indices online and I was able to locate my missing great grandfather. Just waiting now for his actual certificate to come, assuring me that it really is him. I found what I think is my great grandmother also. The only CARGILL in the right time period with no first name, of course. We'll see when that
Virtual Ephemera.
Although the two words may seem dissimilar – if not contradictory – they share a common bond that I would like to explore for a moment.
Wiktionary.com defines virtual as; "In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated". Click here for a link to the full definition.
Wikipedia.org defines ephemera as; "Ephemera are transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved". Click here for link to the full article.
Genealogists and family hi
Part 3 of a series about capturing the joy of family events on video
Last week we covered the first of four phases used in creating multimedia productions to capture the joy of family events – concepting / scriptwriting. This week, I we will talk about phase two – pre-production and planning.
As Hal Landen puts it in his book titled Marketing With Digital Video, “Murphy’s Law works overtime in video production. If something can go wrong, it will. Your only defense is planning. Planning will help y
