A Personal Library Assistant?

Have you ever dreamed of having your own personal library assistant?  Someone who would go to the library, make your copies and deliver them to you?  I want to be your personal library assistant! My husband has been doing free-lance work for the last 2 years after being let go from his full time job. [...]

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From Deed to Map

To begin to draw a map of your ancestor’s land similar to the sketches made by the surveyors, you first need to understand the “code”. Let’s use an example:  S 30 E 74 poles.  There are 3 pieces of information here. The 2 letters indicate the direction.  In this example, we will be measuring a [...]

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Those Ridiculous Deed Measurements

…are really pretty darn cool!  In the past, when I would start to read through a deed, my brain would go something like this: “This indenture made this 4 April 1927 between Lewis Faust of Wayne County, KY. of the one part & John M. Smith of Russell Co., Ky of the other part. Witnesseth [...]

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How to Start “The Book”

So I’ve been daydreaming about this “book” since I wrote my post yesterday. What would I like for it to look like?  What will be the hardest part? What types of details would I like to add?  It shouldn’t be about making it “book length” but rather about making it interesting and giving a picture [...]

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Could I Write a Book?

Wonderful!  That’s how I feel this morning as I’m contemplating the 3 day week-end ahead of me.  Although I can’t spend all 3 days doing genealogy research, I do intend to spend 1 of the days doing nothing BUT genealogy work.  So how will I spend that day?  Trying to pick up research threads that [...]

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52 Weeks – Childhood Winter Time

I have to say that though I’ve never met her, I absolutely love Amy Coffin!  I enjoy reading her blog and her tweets more than any other!  She is funny and insightful and I enjoy reading everything that she puts online.  Call me a HUGE fan!  (Although now I kinda sound like a stalker or [...]

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52 Weeks – New Year’s Tradition

All last year, I watched the topics of the 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy come and go and felt guilty for not taking the time to give them a try.  Let’s see if I can do a little better this year.  I’m sure they’ll be short and boring to everyone but me, but maybe something [...]

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Genealogy Trading Cards

Happy New Year everyone! My Christmas Break is almost over and I decided to take some time to work on a project I’ve always thought would be fun.  Being a teacher, I’m always on the lookout for fun ideas to use with my students.  A web site I came across awhile back is called Big [...]

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