Do you want to create your own family tree website but don’t know how to write code?  I’ve got just the tool for you!  It’s called The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding or TNG. I’ve seen this product at other conferences, but more recently I attended Laura Prescotts’ RootsTech lecture, “Publish Your Genealogy Online.” Laura [...]

Wouldn’t you love to find a website indexing courthouse records?  There is one!  It’s not complete, but it’s better than nothing, and new indexes are constantly being added.  If you find a family member in this index, you may order the copy of the record directly through this site, or note the volume and page [...]

This morning in Thomas Jones’ Advanced Methodology course he counseled us that the most important things we can do as genealogists is (1) record the oral family history stories in our family and distribute that record to others, and (2) contribute our DNA.   Then, he drilled deeper into source and evidence analysis.  Here’s some key [...]

Last night I checked in at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City, dropped my luggage in my room, and headed to the SLIG check in.  Christy Fillerup, Director, has done a fantastic job pulling this institute together.  The check in went so seamless, everyone that had arrived had picked up their materials within the [...]

I’m sure you caught it on the news:  A Costa cruise ship captain sailed too close to the Italian shore, the ship grounded, quickly took on water,  and listed to the side as it began to sink.  Four thousand passengers on board were told to abandon ship.  In the midst of all the confusion, when [...]

Are you feeling blue, wishing you were going to the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) next week to be taught by the experts?  If you can’t attend, I just want to remind you there are other ways to gain a genealogical education, even from the experts.  Elizabeth Shown Mills is one of our prime [...]

A year ago I asked my IT daughter, Sarah, to explain “the cloud” to me.  For those of you who don’t have an IT person in the family and don’t know what “the cloud” is, Sarah has written a great post, “What is The Cloud?” Even this cloud has silver linings.  One is the ability [...]

Wouldn’t you love to be able to attend a genealogy conference without the expense of travel and housing?  Your time has arrived! Family Tree University is sponsoring the Spring 2012 Virtual Conference to be held March 9-11, 2012.  Presenters include Lisa Louise Cook, Nancy Hendrickson, Lisa A. Alzo, Diana Crisman Smith, Kerry Scott, and Geneabloggers’ [...]

Years ago I attended Elizabeth Shown Mills’ course, Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis, at Samford University’s Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR).  It was worth every penny.  It was such a great experience and I learned so much, that last year I decided to sign up for Thomas Jones’ class, Writing and Publishing for [...]

I’ll admit it.  I have control issues.  I need to feel like I’m in control of my environment.   How did I get to this place?  I can “trace” my hang-ups back to the time I was ten years old and my family and I were robbed at gunpoint in our home.  The robbers beat up [...]