tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51036642024-03-12T22:08:06.856-07:00My Family History HatHistorically, hats have represented one's occupation, one's hobby, or one's passion. I wear the Family History Hat because I am passionate about genealogy.Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.comBlogger406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-86774424726552090392023-01-12T10:23:00.002-08:002023-01-12T10:23:39.977-08:00When I was Young! Tennis Interview I may have been a little bit precocious at the age of 15 or 16. But I didn't let that stop me! While Northwest Florida might have been mistaken, back then, for Lower Alabama, there is no doubt that part of this region has since become, a favorite place for vacationers and the "Snowbirds", retirees, and others. The number of folks in South Okaloosa who "farm" for a Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-63223716482133961862022-09-15T14:42:00.001-07:002022-09-15T14:42:58.906-07:00"CLL" Fall 2022Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-396881325208051582022-01-22T12:21:00.003-08:002022-01-25T09:33:15.264-08:00For My CLL Class at UWF Hello, out there!I've decided to put my references for the current CLL Class on this page at my blog. Here are some of the internet links that I think might be helpful to you and also some of my personal ideas, too! You were all very kind at our first meeting to work with me, after a crazy week or two or three...at my home. 1. The class itself is aimed at the topic Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-73157180199981081032022-01-19T18:17:00.003-08:002022-06-22T08:33:11.605-07:00Clues and resources for writing you family storyFamily History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-23008942996205819792022-01-15T04:35:00.000-08:002022-01-15T04:35:40.012-08:00What and Why: JournelingI used to do that. The LiveJournal thing. Keeping a diary. Writing my own story. Etc.What made me think of that, I wonder?!! For one thing, I'm teaching a class at the Center for Lifelong Learning and I think this article will be helpful. In October of 2021, I made a short trip to Arizona to finally celebrate my granddaughter's marriage in 2020. We had to Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-59044665735162122332022-01-15T03:53:00.000-08:002022-01-15T03:53:22.560-08:00Writing Your Family History #1 What are some reasons that would initiate and propel you to writing your family history? What is your motivation? What challenges or feelings would make such a project unattractive, impractical, or painful for you to do so?1.2.3.Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-44322914536965375352021-12-01T09:52:00.002-08:002021-12-01T10:05:05.251-08:00Discovery Day Just located more of my bio-dad's history! Yippee! The Winters family rediscovered in: guess where?!! Etowah Heritage Museum! http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-4000Library holds manuscript collections, books, periodicals, maps,
newspapers, audiovisual materials, and more than 20,000 photographs on
subjects such as southeastern Native Americans, American wars,Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-32615331912015516172021-09-20T11:49:00.002-07:002021-10-04T09:47:15.385-07:00Telling a Story with the Census at HandCensus of 1880 (U.S. Federal Census) for:1. Jeremiah EDGE: He is head of the household at age 54 and making a living as a farmer in Alabama. This source "Household Record" is found at familysearch.org. He was born in Alabama, but this record indicates that his father was born in Massachusetts. His mother was born in Alabama.2. Elizabeth: Wife of Jeremiah,Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-52060160333153997822021-08-15T16:28:00.007-07:002021-10-04T08:39:45.266-07:00Grow Your Family Tree Check this following link from RootsTech presentation for a better understanding of the standards that have been set up for genealogical research. Of course, no one is going to force you to use the standards but if you generally acknowledge them, then you are more likely to wish you had, down the road. https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/genealogicalproofstandardpart1/Below is aFamily History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-18311060844483324642021-08-15T15:33:00.003-07:002021-09-19T21:59:35.572-07:00 Page 2: Grow Your Family Tree" Favorite Websites (Most of them free)!Question: What can a photo reveal? Check out the Background. What is hanging on the wall? (for example). This photo is so old, I'm not sure about trying to define the large map or photo. It is obviously blurry! Perhaps it is a map?! 2. I also don't know what the date is at the time of this photo. I do know the identities of the people in Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-29504962260675184752021-05-17T17:17:00.000-07:002021-05-17T17:17:34.252-07:00Bob Hope Village (May 2021)Presentation Handout: "Finding Your Family History on the Internet" If you choose to have a paper record, put your genealogy in a notebook or send information by mail to your relatives, please look at these websites: Charts and Forms from the National Archives (free)Printable charts and forms from Ancestry.com (free) FamilySearch Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-24079648862216343862021-04-26T20:10:00.000-07:002021-05-17T17:08:53.735-07:00
BHV
Presentation Handout 1,
May 2021
2021“Finding Your
Family History
Online”
Part
1: Websites
1. What
is a blog? A blog
is a “web log”. It
is a type of website. Companies
have blogs, individuals and groups have blogs. 2. More
information ABOUT BLOGS:
https://www.thoughtco.com/genealogy-blogs-worth-reading_14217133. If
you have googled your home town or your parents’Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-2193697772248982972021-03-12T02:56:00.000-08:002021-03-12T02:56:15.840-08:00Ten Ways To Grow Your Family Tree and Then Some1. Join a group: Horses love company. Trees often grow in a forest. Fish swim in a school. If you want to be a successful researcher do this:Take a Class or Sign up for a Course.Join a Genealogy SocietyAttend a Seminar Register for a Zoom PresentationFind a friend, partner, or family member. Research is more fun, more interesting, etc., when you have a Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-23220276601125239932021-03-08T21:26:00.001-08:002021-03-08T21:27:47.698-08:00Event Announcement from the Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County This program will discuss:1... the options wannabe book writers have, from DIY (scrap-booking, murals, a book on a wall or self-publishing with a print template), to hiring photo and design help, to commissioning a company that specializes in producing heir-loom-quality family books. 2...She will share what she learned as she worked with the client's family, and with a book designer toFamily History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-3273661396735361852021-03-07T14:47:00.003-08:002021-03-07T14:47:31.380-08:00The Best We Can Do All researchers can do is to do the best that they can do to locate records and sources to verify the existence of their ancestors. Then, you can look again at a later time; maybe you just missed a name or a fact. And then there is this:Students of genealogy, random folks who do good genealogical deeds, "fate" or whatever: Voila! You make a discovery! Or you see a Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-86837942700302923632021-01-27T09:55:00.000-08:002021-01-27T09:55:18.063-08:00RootsTech Very excited about 2021 RootsTech.org (a virtual and FREE version this year), happening online! Registration required.Also excited to be teaching a class at the Center for Lifelong Learning: Ten More Ways to Grow Your Family Tree.I love to teach because I learn more than the students, sometimes! Because the Covid-19 shut our person-to-person meetings, down, it is possible to still get Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-34646944279665881012021-01-08T21:38:00.000-08:002021-01-08T21:38:23.823-08:00Research Trip to the Valparaiso Library On September 6th, 2001, I traveled from my home in Fort Walton Beach, FL to visit the Valparaiso Library for the purpose of gathering information about my family lines.As is the case these days, more and more counties have "joined" resources between the libraries in the county. At the time I took this trip, however, there was no "co-op" in existence. I probably inquired at that Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-56496357450594910292020-11-29T09:33:00.000-08:002020-11-29T09:33:07.514-08:00Just before the holidays 2020-style, I received this photo from my daughter-in-law, Melissa. These are her daughters! The "sailor" was transferring to a new assignment and they hadn't seen her for a while and decided to surprise her at the airport in New Orleans, I think. "J" looks very dashing in her uniform and as we sat this past week at the Thanksgiving table we were sad to hear Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-79940616272244843642020-10-08T10:48:00.002-07:002020-11-29T09:42:33.425-08:00How to Find Genealogical Info Via Worldcat.org Okay, let's say that I was looking for my ancestors who lived in Northeast Alabama at some period of time. Somewhere in the vicinity of Gadsden, Alabama.Keywords to search at https://www.worldcat.org might be Alabama, genealogy, northeast Alabama, periodicals, registers, "family history", etc. The best and first thing you can do when utilizing "WorldCat" is to sign in (freeFamily History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-27849569423381878512020-10-08T10:06:00.002-07:002020-10-08T10:13:59.315-07:00Going through Stuff Who knows what treasures you will find as you go back through your old genealogy papers?! And "stuff"?! Today: Here is a publication I ran across. Its title is Pike County Alabama: Bethlehem Baptist Church Records and it was contributed by: Mrs. B.W. Gandrud of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.I have highlighted in orange hi-lighter, on my paper copy, family Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-72015780745830512902020-10-06T09:33:00.002-07:002020-10-06T10:31:35.275-07:00If you have a question...watch YouTube.com! FamilySearch help is in lots of places! YouTube videos and More: for www.familysearch.org helps: Five Favorite Ways The Family History Guide The Inside Scoop The Family History Guide>See Web Site Blog More from The Family History Guide (2 new videos) If you like puzzles, then you will love Family History Genealogy!🌳Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-85385443010272310902020-08-09T07:14:00.001-07:002020-08-09T07:14:21.009-07:00What to do with the "Stuff", (part 2)I wondered if I could use this blog to "archive" some of the stuff I have. Then, I could make friends and family aware of what I believe might be historical and/or family historical documents that I have in my possession. It is my desire that when I die, if my family comes in and wonders what to do with all this paper, records, books, etc., I would like for them to take the time Family History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-45746384831989009422020-08-01T09:12:00.002-07:002020-08-01T09:53:32.832-07:00Personal Challenges in Family HIstory WorkMy overriding challenge: What to do with the paper? Years ago when I first began my serious research (I had dabbled quite a bit previous to the in-depth commitment to research my genealogy)...the stark truth was papers and files grew from a single notebook, to file folders, to hard copies of documents, and even though I was an early enthusiast for the computer, the internet, andFamily History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-59480735558745670592020-07-11T10:58:00.007-07:002020-07-20T11:28:48.911-07:00Comments on article at Genealogy's Star BlogThe Article can be found at this link. After you have looked at it, please read my comments and respond yes if it was helpful.
My Comments on James Tanner's blog article for June 2020:
Reading_Article_GenealogysStar
Blog by James Tanner
Who is James Tanner and why
do we care?
Look at the blog (link
below) to see more about James Tanner and his genealogicalFamily History Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141405973726760265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103664.post-70640948082055829912020-06-18T06:53:00.005-07:002020-06-18T06:53:58.270-07:00Reasons to Get up in the Morning
Reasons to get up in the morning: Exploration!
In this instance:my dad's old files, both genealogical and historical. Wiley Benjamin Hill, Jr. was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1913. As a baby, he slept in the same bedroom as his aging and sick, maternal grandfather, Samuel Richard Tucker, who was born in 1845 in Sumter, South Carolina.
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