Definitions, Correlations, "Call it what you will", Genealogy or "Family History"

Genealogy Is:

"Family History" Is: 

• Posterity:
  all future generations of people; the descendants of a person;
• ***Ancestors and Ancestral Lines: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/499125571177592714/;

  

  My Grandmother, Eunice Tucker Hill Hall

• Boring:
  
• ***All About Technology: Links at the FamilySearch Wiki
• Hard? Hard! Stumped? 
• About Stories: Archive your stories.  Tell/share your stories. 
•  Storycorps: questions

• ***Photos:  The photo to the right is, of course, of mostly grandchildren and children and various members of my family.  Did you know that FamilySearch has the capacity to load photos? 

Regarding the familysearch.org/photos topic, be sure to check out YouTube for instructions and for Genealogy topics in general.

• Family History is all about Challenges and it Being a Challenging exercise!  No pain, no gain!  Challenge Yourself.  

• Catastrophes and Calamities: 
• How they might have shaped your family's story
• Natural Disasters and Genealogy

• The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 and Your Ancestors

• Genealogy is "A record of one's ancestors":
• Become educated at the National Archives Web Site.
• Learn what a record group is: "
  Different Kinds of Record Groups
  The fact is, by including all these rooms you'll need different record groups (building materials) like those we will study in this series. Some provide evidence of glorious or sorrowful life events. Others guide you to other resources, but each major record group has a purpose in your construction plans to build an authentic family history. We need them to support our entire building. Without all of them, we have a half-finished structure.
  This next group of lessons will cover some of the major record groups genealogists use which we have not covered as fully yet. They include:
• Civil Registrations
• Census Records
• Court and Probate Records
• Periodicals and Newspapers
• Land and Property Records
• Military Records
• Finding Aids
• Biographies
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Church Records 

• ***Lists:  Family History is Cyndislist! In addition, check out the "list" of genealogy databases at Wikipedia!  
• Did you know that Facebook has Genealogy?!!?  And Katherine R. Willson has created a list for that!  Thanks, Katherine. 
  
• Geography is a Genealogical Goldmine!  It is all about

"Location, Location, Location"

• Maps: How does accessing maps help my genealogical efforts?
• How can I utilize Google Earth and Google Maps for genealogical research?
• Charts and Forms And Templates Too!  These tools will help you get organized whether you are online or want to print them out.
• Misbach Free Forms 
• Buy Software?  Some genealogy programs are free (MyHeritage.com's Family Builder)
• Software purchases for genealogy programs: Read reviews, talk to other genealogy nerds, choose wisely.  Remember, entering your family tree into a software program (as opposed to entering the information online) should offer you the capacity to create a gedcom--a mechanism that will allow you to submit your family tree to websites like WikiTree.com; Ancestry.com; MyHeritage.com and FamilySearch.org, etc.  I use RootsMagic; some folks use Family Tree Maker. Just google "genealogy software" to find out more!  Read reviews and articles.  Google "reviews genealogy software".
•  Here's a thought:  You can design your own charts, forms, reports (and is there a Facebook Group for that?  Maybe!).  You can also find templates at some Genealogy BLOGS!)  I will recommend just one of the many blogs that I follow: this Blog: https://www.geneamusings.com/
• How would you locate other blogs? 
• If you love Excel, you can keep your Excel and use it design your own unique form or chart.   
• I joined a Genealogy Templates Group on Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/genedocstemplates/

 

• Family History is "Descendants"
• Video available on this topic. 
• There isn't a descendancy report option at FamilySearch, (unless I'm blind).  However, the video link above shows you how to do descendancy research at FamilySearch.org
• Use your software program (in my case, Rootsmagic); I can print a descendancy report from Rootsmagic! Why would a report like this be so helpful in this day and age of DNA?!! [Because it will help you to identify your cousins?!!]
  

 
 
 
 

• Genealogy and Timelines:
•  https://www.cyndislist.com/timelines/templates/
• Templates and Grids for Genealogy
• Article about using timelines for Genealogy
• History and Timelines 

•  Genealogy and Blueberries:  Many folks who live in NWFL aren't aware that one of the great cash crops in the history of Walton & Okaloosa County was blueberries!  After reading the NWFL Daily News article I had to clap my hands!  I had just recently learned that I am related to the Sapp family mentioned in the article.  

So, what is it about genealogy/family history that you love?  

 

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• Is it About Families?
• Are you having Fun?
• Lineage
• Is it about BMD's?
• Bloodlines
• Is family history your passion or just a Hobby?
• Origin
• Obituaries
• Cemeteries
• Making Choices
• Addictive
• Research
• History
• An Account and An Accounting
• A Pedigree
• A Group 

More About the Family History Fair

Best Internet Websites:

Using Your Research Principles to Guide You

in

Your Internet Search Page 1

(As adapted from the Website at FamilySearch Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Principles_of_Family_History_Research)

Step 1: Identify What You Know

Step 2: Decide What You Want to Learn

Step 3: Select Records to Search (What kind of a record type are you looking for? What kind of Record Type do you need)?

Step 4: Obtain and Search the Records

Step 5: Evaluate and Use the Information

For in depth info, go to the FamilySearch Wiki Link, above. 

  You are wondering how this pertains to Genealogical Websites, perhaps?!!

So....tell me why I begin here with this discussion...The Internet is a Forest or maybe a Jungle!  You could get lost or worse, dismayed and disoriented...perhaps even distracted if you slough this roadmap off!  You need a compass.  You need directions, a guide.

 
A List of Websites might open your eyes; notice that the wesbsite should be directed toward types of records that genealogists are wanting to find, based on what you already have.

Lets say this is what you know/don't know/still need to find out:

1.  We know that Obediah EDGE was born some time in 1828.  We need to find out if that date is correct.  What was happening in 1828 anyway?!!  And where was he born?  Who was his mother and father?  Did he have siblings?  When, where and who did he marry?  How do we know?  How do we find out?

Answers:   
 You may be an experienced researcher, but maybe you are brand new at online research.  My suggestion is get a free account at FamilySearch.org and see if the research has already been listed there in the ONE BIG FAMILY TREE.  

The goal at FamilySearch is that each and every individual shall be represented in one file folder, so to speak.  Various people can provide parts of the story, info about sourcing, etc.  Records will be cited, marriage records will be shown (the image), and discussions will be exchanged in an effort to resolve differences of opinions.  And we all live in a perfect well.  Well, let's see how this works.  (Go to familysearch.org at this time).  Find out what is known about Obediah Edge, born in 1828. 

 

Basics of Finding Great Internet Sites

The basics of finding good genealogy websites:  

• Learn, Know, and Practice:

•  Principles of researching your family history and in

• Building a solid genealogical case. 

 The Genealogical Proof Standard can be the guide to your Internet experience when searching for websites that will yield you the best results for finding your ancestors! (also see this article) or buy yourself a book! 

 Christine Rose wrote the book!

Family History Fair is March 9th! Have you registered?

Sorry, no free streaming live sessions planned for this event!  You actually have to be there to get the goods! 

Family History Fair March 9th, 2019:  Here are some of the things you might need to know:

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Conferences, Events, Fun or What?!!

Announcing the Federation of Genealogical Societies August Conference:  Ta-dum!  Drum Roll!  Hip, Hip, Hurrah!

Just wound up with the RootsTech 2019 event and I loved watching the Free Streaming Sessions!  Some of the presentations were video taped and will be on the Internet soon, (next week).  Those are free also.  I just checked and there are videos that are already for you to explore.

Great learning tool, folks...a way to get your society members excited and informed, or for you loners, it could become an education tool.   And older videos are also available from past years.

New at FamilySearch

Friday at RootsTech.org:  Free Live Streaming Presentations
https://www.rootstech.org/
9 a.m. CST: Friday, March 1st, 2019:  Why and How to Put Yourself into Your Family History (Power Hour)

"In family history, it’s easy to overlook ourselves and the generations we know because we don’t feel like history! But you are a part of your family history. In this Power Hour, Curt Witcher, senior manager of the Genealogy Center, will show you why putting yourself into your family history is so important (along with the science to back it up!). 

Amy Johnson Crow, author and host of the Generations Cafe podcast, will show you how you can include yourself without getting overwhelmed. Scott Fisher, host of the Extreme Genes radio show, will show you interview techniques to get more (and better) stories."

Important Links for the RootsTech Connoiseur

Just a reminder:  

After the Roots Tech Event 

is over, there will be a website where you can go and view several of the 2019 sessions online.  It will be similar to this site:  Rootstech 2018, only of course, it will say "2019"!

Or at least that's what I thought.  Here is the URL site/cue: 

Scroll down until you see 

"Recorded Classes at RootsTech 2019"

The following classes are being recorded (not live streamed) during the conference. Recordings will be posted shortly after RootsTech 2019 concludes (on Saturday, I think) and will be available in the video archive.

Recorded Classes (12, by my count).

 

If you have an Ancestry.com membership, you should know this (Notes#1)

My scribblings, notes,  Not a Stenographer!  

Most of the popular companies for genealogy and dna have made some announcements this week at the Rootstech Event, so go to those sites (Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, etc.) and get the news first hand.  Or visit a blogger!

This bit comes from Ancestry.com's The Barefoot Genealogist, from her presentation at Roots Tech, today: 

Really Big with Crista is the Card Catalog at
Ancestry.com
Crista Cowan
Sort it by date
 

Utilize: Ancestry YouTube Channel and subscribe!
 

Ancestry Announcements
New products: Do you get lost in family tree?  Hacks for this:  Uploading images, of Quaker Oat Man.  For ancestors who were Quakers.  Pics of ships, etc.  My tree tags available immediately!
 

Tags:  helps you find your way back to someone or something. 
Gives info about that person
Person Card
Side Panel "workplace"
Notes are private! 
Comments are public
My Tree Tags
Universal Tags
Relationship tags: DNA, died young, descendants, "had no children" (descendancy), never married, etc.
Tags for orphan, etc.
Research Tags: is info accurate?  Allows you to tag research status: These may be relevant later.  Hint system: Hypothesis maybe.
Actively researching tag.  Helps you to get back on point. 
Brick Wall! 
"Complete" tag?
Reference Tag: military, royalty, nobility, etc.
Universal tag: DNA match or tag common ancestor or tag anyone along the path of DNA
Create custom tags!
Ways to identify the info or person.  "Scoundrel" tag. 
Updated Tree Option?  Filter My Tree tags: Direct Ancestor.  Helps you  find things faster; helps you ?
15 Million people in DNA at Ancestry
45000 dna matches for average user at ancestry
Updated match list at ancestry. 
Feature: Create groups and label and color them.
Ability to filter dna matches: Upper left hand corner
Filter your match list by groups.  Stars, etc.  Filter by relationship, By new matches. 
Add groups or add a single person to any number of groups.
Ability to add a filter (blue dots); matches not reviewed yet
Filtered by Notes, Private link, Unlinked trees. 
Ancestry trying to reach out to "new" genealogists who have only done dna.
We need "new" and we need you.
Who are our new matches?  Common Ancestors? 
Ancestry: actively looking for dna connections.  You can evaluate connection.
Common Ancestors in other presentations
DNA Match List...New at Ancestry
"Through Lines":  allows you to evaluate evidence (one to many) THRU lines.
What is possible?  New Dna Matches for a week.  Colored groupings.  "Things to Discuss with Christa"; look at shared matches...  Pick an ancestor...  Photos and stories wanted! 
Ancestry has free app for smart phones. 
Christa Cowan on Instagram
Ancestry owns Findagrave: Volunteers; free; innovations; there is an app for that 
Fold 3: owned by Ancestry: military records primarily
Newspapers.com is owned by ancestry
New at Ancestry: Newspapers and extract paragraphs of obits ongoing will be available
Ancestry Pro-Genealogists: specialists:  Irish, Polish and other specific groups.  Where it is online and offline.  Ancestry needs feedback.

 

I am not a stenographer

So, as I've been watching the free streaming sessions at Rootstech, (https://www.rootstech.org/), I've been taking notes.  Most likely, no one will be able to make any sense out of those notes!  A stenographer, I am not!

However, in an effort to get you excited about the presentations, the quality and immense information available there at this event, I am going to attach those notes.  Sometime, next week (after RootsTech at Salt Lake City is over), there will be a free special online archive of many of those presentations!! 

When the live streaming isn't taking place, there are snippets of presentations.  If you have a need to feel positive and be uplifted, you need the RootsTech experience!  

Now, I have to figure out how to publish my notes!  Because I'm not only not a stenographer, but I'm not a computer nerd, either!

Rootstech 2019: A Genealogist's Education Tool

First of all, you can obtain a virtual education by purchasing a pass to "attend" Rootstech from home.  Click on this link.  It's unlikely that you would go this route unless you are a very serious genealogist or family historian.  You will, I'm sure, get your money's worth!

Rootstech is happening twice this year, once in Salt Lake City and again in London! 

So, you can't attend RootsTech in person, either at SLC, Utah or London, England?!!  Don't have the funds for a "virtual pass" ($129)?!!

Hope is not lost!!   There is yet, another option!  Here is the live-stream schedule (selected programs):  https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake/live-stream-schedule?cid=bl-fsup-8279

Finally, there are "Recorded Classes" that will be available shortly after the end of the 2019 Roots Tech event.  These are free (as they have been publicly available for past years' presentations).  Go to the above link for the live-stream schedule and scroll down on the page to access the recorded classes.  

 To get a taste of the quality of Rootstech presenters, travel on over to the 2018 videos and get some free samples!

A Helpful Site

Sometimes it is the arrangement of a website that makes it helpful.  I located this website and it had links that helped me in locating a particular family in the 1880 census that I was desperate for!

http://www.myfreecensus.com/alabama-census-records.htm

 

A few Genealogy Blogs among a Wealth of Them!

I will be posting some of the genealogy blogs that I find helpful.  Many of them can be sent as a kind of newsletter right into your mailbox!  I suggest exploring just a couple of these per day.  Subscribe to only those blogs that you can read and soak in a week's time. 

• Randy Seaver's:  https://www.geneamusings.com/
• Kitty Cooper's Blog
• Family Tree Magazine
• The Legal Genealogist
• Genealogy's Star
• Organize Your Family History
• The Geneaholic
• https://blog.myheritage.com/

Why Using Pinterest for Genealogy Research should be a Thing!

https://familyhistorydaily.com/free-genealogy-resources/start-using-pinterest-genealogy-right-now/

Use Facebook for Genealogy Research

Thank you, Katherine Wilson!

Old and New or Just Some Standard Places you Can Find Genealogy Internet Links

• https://www.cyndislist.com/categories/
  
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page
•  https://www.familytreemagazine.com/premium/25-best-genealogy-websites-for-beginners/
•  https://www.archives.com/
• ancestry.com (Enter this in your browser bar)
• myheritage.com (Enter this in your browser bar)

Search by location, location, location.  Google Maps, Google Earth; Old Maps, etc.  Where did your ancestor live?  I was recently reminded that one of my ancestral relatives was born in Mississippi.  I know that some of those relatives had migrated to Alabama.  Imagine my surprise when I just found some of them in Arkansas!  Why did your ancestor live where he lived?  What factors could cause them to move? 

Maybe, sometimes when people marry, they move to be closer to the relatives (extended family) on the wife's side of the family.  Or, an uncle on the husband's side writes and says "come here"...the water's fine and I can grow anything I want.  Know the counties that surround the county where you found your great grandfather.  Know the boundaries of state lines.  Find your ancestor in a census and find out the "geography" of that county during that time period.  That knowledge will help you understand so much about your ancestral family!

My Family History Fair Topic: Best Internet Sites for Genealogy

First Chapter:
Best Internet Sites for Genealogy:  Websites = Internet technology to find our family history.

However, did you know that finding the right website or a list of websites is often accomplished by:

• reading a good book?...Publications that are fairly recent in date and written by prominent and/ or established authors, can be helpful in pointing the way to online resources!  So access your library's online library catalog to get hold of those titles.  You can also find such books listed at bookstores in your community or at www.Amazon.com.  Use the search box at the top of the Amazon page and enter the search term/phrase "genealogy books".

•  Another "directory" that you want to explore (and for this you, again, will need your computer...), are the many, many, articles online regarding genealogy/aka "family history".  I've attached a list of online publications (sometimes it may even be in the form of a "Blog").  Subscribe to a blog (usually a free resource), newsletter or other online publication for genealogists; these will contain more websites than you know what to do with! Subscribe to a genealogy magazine.

• Next, familiarize yourself with "search engines".  The one search engine that comes to mind is Google.  There are even certain tricks you can utilize in "Google" to find your specific relative, the specific resource you need to find your relative and so forth! 

•  Join a genealogical society (and a historical club, while you're at it)!  You will often get a wealth of suggestions from the other members in their journal or newsletter or face-to-face!

• Take a genealogy class, attend a genealogy conference, or GO TO ROOTSTECH!  These types of experiences will keep you up to date on the latest internet sources for your genealogy research.  You can sit at home and be on the computer all the time but your family history will be much enriched if you get out of the house and see what others are doing in that area!

•  For more suggestions/hints/stuff, Check in for MORE on Best Internet Sites.  We've barely begun!
  

2019 NW Florida Family History Fair

Access this web link for information about the Family History Fair "Topics, Teachers, and Schedule"; location of the classrooms are included in most cases, but there will be folks who can assist you with finding the right classroom.

Family HIstory Fair Stuff 2019

Here is a LINK for registering for the Family History Fair, 2019.  

I obtained a "flier" for the NWF Family History Fair at my local Family History Center today.  The schedule for that resource is Thursdays 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Saturdays is  10a.m.-1:00 p.m.  

We Love our Snowbirds!  Safe Travel to all!

Many "snowbirds" have been visiting the FHC, but will be leaving soon!  

Not sure if the Family History Fair has up to the most up-to-date info at their Facebook Page, but will check it out and get back to you.  

I'm also posting some information that I received from the fellow who is in charge of organizing the event (March 9th, 2019)!

Video Archive at Roots Tech Site: I'm watching one, now!

An excellent choice: tell me what you think!  

Are we using our brains to preserve our own personal genealogical archives?!!

Watch this presentation and see if you get a clue about that challenge...what happens to our "stuff", our research, after we're gone! 

The Link is Here.

Spotlighting History in the United States

https://dp.la/exhibitions/civilian-conservation-corps/nature-conservation-recreation


Enter the halls of historical events; was your ancestor a member of the CCC?  Did all of the men return home when their job was done?  

As I compared the names of those who were serving in Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida with the surnames familiar to me (via my genealogical searches), I noticed that several local family names jived with the several names of men who were in the Civilian Conservation Corps! 

I'm fortunate to live in Okaloosa County, Florida at a time when one individual in particular has gathered the information and posted it online.   Check it out!  http://boggyflorida.com/Niceville/CCC.html

Useful to me in locating historical information was the "Digital Public Library".

Homework for Family Historians

Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash

Did you do your homework last night?  
Not that I assigned you anything, but I thought I might have inspired you to try out ArchiveGrid!

I put in my zip code and the closest "hit" that I got was Pensacola.  It was the University of West Florida site.  One of the items that caught my eye (after I entered a search for "Covey" was a packet named,

Covey family of Vermont genealogical research notes, 1945.  So via the UWF, I am getting access to this info by virtue of an internet hook-up, I assume, from the New York Public Library.  This is what the packet contains: 1945 letter from Deuel Richardson with information on the Joseph Covey family and photostat of partial list of Joseph Covey's male descendants.  I know that none of us are likely to be related, but is the kind of information you might be looking for on one of your own family members?

Let's bring up the UWF page and put in a search that might be relevant to this area.  I found this entry:  Tapes, typescripts -- This collection is an oral history interview of Lola Lee Daniels Bruington of Pensacola, Florida, by Sandra F. Whitehead, with tapes and typed transcripts. Mrs. Bruington discusses area cemeteries, especially that of St. Michaels, the red light district, bootlegging, her work as an educator and nurse at Camp Dix, Bellevue Hospital, and at Vassar, her childhood and life in Pensacola, and her father's work at Blount, Blount and Carter...

Now, you try it.  Go to ArchiveGrid and enter a location in which you might hope to find something relevant to your family history.  Meanwhile, I'm going to take a look at another website mentioned in yesterday's post: "What Was There".

Don't forget: I would like to know what your favorite genealogy (or of genealogical interest) link.  E-mail me at margaretdotharris@gmail.com.  

Sneak Peek of My Presentation at the Family HIstory Fair

I have a history of getting off topic when I teach classes or do presentations, so I thought that just in case I do that at the upcoming Family History Fair, I will share some sneak peeks with you via this blog.  

First, before I lose my train of thought (I am getting aged!), I have to thank the editor of the newsletter for our Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County.  Thanks, Ed Crosby for the article, "23 Non-Genealogy Websites That Genealogists Really Should Use", [from Family Live Magazine].  

This article can also be found at https://www.familytreemagazine.com/premium/nongenealogy-websites/.

Anyway, for my presentation I hope to discuss some of these websites, plus a few more that I've run across over the years.  Do you have a favorite website?  Please e-mail me your favorite websites for finding ancestors!

Attend a Family History Fair in the month of March!

Attention, Genealogists!!

The Northwest Florida Family History Fair is upcoming!  If you want to know the details, please access this Link! (facebook link)

 

2019 Northwest Florida Family History Fair

Baby, it's cold outside!  But Almost Spring is coming on March 9th, 2019!  If you are digging some genealogical excitement, please plan on attending the FAMILY HISTORY FAIR AT the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 339 Lake Drive NW, Fort Walton Beach, FL  32548.  

• FREE, EVERYONE WELCOME
• GAIN NEW SKILLS AND HELPFUL INFORMATION
• KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS

 MORE INFO COMING SOON.  WATCH THIS SITE.

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YouTube Goodies

YouTube, are you watching it?!! It is invaluable for genealogists.  Here are some that caught my eye for their nonsensical approach.  (We need reminders!)

• https://youtu.be/iNAXGgtlLBY

  8 Reasons You Can't Find Squat About Your Ancestors Online 

  What are some youtube things that you have watched that you found interesting, edifying, helpful---in your genealogy?  Send those links!
  
  
  Where can you find recommendations for youtube videos for genealogy?  Read a blog!  In this case: Geneal-Musings 

Another version of the newsletter: these are all open to editing.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xJmIalBaDFDjatR7oYvkbnrH_DyW2LkCdpv0PSF7XKQ/edit?usp=sharing

Slightly revised version for 2nd Edition of Genealogy Newsletter

 Anyone with this link should be able to see this newsletter.  Let me know if it "ain't" so!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRmWbO_W4nxNV6_hSEcVT-BgDUszKwGIrLzrtBWLBdg/edit?usp=sharing

Family History Center in Fort Walton Beach

The Family History Center is located at 339 Lake Drive, just off Memorial Pkwy., 

It is open to the public on Thursdays and Saturdays.  

Here are the hours: Thursdays 10a.m.-4p.m.; Saturdays 10a.m.-1p.m.

Contact: George Legge, Director at 850-678-8430  
OR Margaret Harris (Staff) at 850-533-6710.

There are other Family History Centers in the Panhandle (Florida).  Niceville, Sandestin area, DeFuniak Springs, Pensacola, etc.  Look for them on the Location Map.

Introduction and Information on Family History Centers

Squeezing an Obituary of all Pertinent Information

Finding a relative's obituary in the newspaper can be a bitter-sweet experience. 

Even if you never knew this person, personally, you can feel empathy for the deceased and his or her survivors.  As genealogists, we know, though, that reading the obituary can often bring understanding as to how the family tree fits together.  

What are the major points we should look for?  Everyone's story is worth telling; what clues in the obituary can help us to know this person better?  What indicators will help us to unravel family history mysteries?  

I have tried in the past to create a template of questions or facts that will help us to lift from the obituary the relevant information.  You may want to create your own template.  

You may want to remember that the obituary was most likely prepared by family members who were in mourning or composed quickly on account of time constraints.  Any information that is presented should be verified by a second or third source.

Help from Genealogy's Star Blog

I've touted, before, the interesting and advancing articles at this website.  To get the full benefit, one must follow the topic from blog post to blog post, as James Tanner unrolls and expands his point.  In this case, his point is that there is a wealth of online information about, not just our family tree folks, but also the folks who were related to the lineal ancestors.

I look forward to following this series of articles.  "In Depth" genealogy is indeed an exploration of the familial relationships as well as the family tree structure.  The information we gain will only serve to strengthen our roots!

Experimenting at Internet Archive.  I was only two years old in 1948, but Eglin Field is a part of my history: I was born there!!

So whether it is relevant, earthshaking, or whatever...History is under the umbrella we call "Family History".

Without it, we wouldn't have such pretty flowers in May! Mid-month (almost) and April Showers (goodies)

• Found at USGenWeb:  Census Templates
• Recipe for Georgia Peaches Sweet Cobbler 
• Best Peaches in Alabama
• What does Genealogy have to do with creating a Wordle?  Create one and send it along to margaret.harris at gmail.com and I will feature it in a coming newsletter!  And if you do create one, what will you do with it?  What should you do with it?
• bits and pieces of info may be found online if you just Google: here's one I located:  http://data.genealogytoday.com/search/Southern_Tier_Masonic_Relief_Association_1882-1883_Assessments.html (be sure to click on the left hand nav bar, "Records", etc.)
•  Where is a great genealogy conference coming up this summer?  BYU, that's where! 
• In depth, always, extended discussions of genealogical interest and education: Genealogy's Star
• Have you seen this?!!
• Finding timelines for your city of birth (or of your ancestors' births) might be interesting.  Check this out: http://hattiesburgmemory.org/wiki/Years
•  Your suggestion for another website that will work as an excuse to stay in out of the rain:? 
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Addendum to previous post on Sharing with Your Family your family history treasures

I am attaching a copy, here, for the Notes on the Webinar, previously posted with a link.  Rough though it is, you will want some of these links.

Webinar Notes Lisa Louise Cook

Projects You can Share with Your Non-Genealogist Family

1. Your Goal: two concepts (I’m the only one that can pass along my genealogy).

a. Grandchildren are nevertoo young.. They are never too young to pass it on.

Things that matter most, we build on these ideas. They are never too early. 8 years old! Shoebox. Start looking at our kids/grandkids. Exposing them to genealogy. Its an investment.

2. Visit to Family History Center—etc. Pics on the wall. We hold this dear. Catch their interests. Stories, Sharing. Not an instant payoff. Get them interested in family history...not genealogy.

Varying degrees of interest. Skip generation?

The passer-on-ers.

Shift our focus: Talk their language. 3-D Movie glasses. Give them New glasses with which to see the information.

I am here to inspire you to inspire them.

Turning our junk into projects that will capture their interest.

Newspaper, mugs, table, etc. Tell BRIEF story. Make your home a showcase. Decooupage plates. Needlepoint. Photo editing. Do Something!

Decoupage Plate. ModPodge—make copies of photos. Clear plates. Seal it. Vehicles for telling your story. Black and White Photos.

Family History Christmas Wreath: Holidays are busy times. What really matters. Telling a story. Craft pieces of wood...buttons from old clothing can be a frame. An earring. Trinkets and buttons are tucked onto wreath. Bows made out of scraps of material. We are tying to instill interest.. Sepia colored frames. Black and white or sepia tone. Adobe photoshop. Restoring old photo. (Genealogy Gems)...little pieces of jewelry. Buttons, earrings, jewelry. Get them to buy in! Step by step instructions at Genealogy Gems. Subscribe to YouTube Channel. Youtube.com/GenealogyGems. Projects.

Family History Wall Display. Corner cabinet. Old Dresser. Table cloth. Section of fence. Jars, canning. Baking. Pic of grandma and her, plus grandparents. Ribbons, etc. Relics. E-bay.

Bale of cotton. E-bay. Match cover. Search e-bay. Matchbooks. Shadowboxes. Label pics. Real objects from that place and that time. Search names and places. Sell on E-bay?

Hands on quilt. Madden family from Illinois Hands quilt. Branches of family involved. A Genealogy Gem. Someone else’s “trash” could be your treasure.

I hope I live long enough and well enough to do some of this stuff. Jan in my class will enjoy some of these ideas. Wrappers on chocolate bar with old photo (copy). “Sweet Memories”. On backside: ingredients would be family motto or whatever. “Gifts are Family, Attention. Record when you give the candy bar label . Make stockings out of old material. Make copy of quilt at Kinko’s.

Cake decorating, using silhouettes. Theme cakes for fiftieh birthday. Crushed oreos. Tractor cake. Instagram.com/gnealogygems or pitnerest.com/lisaluise

Digital Diversions. Face Book. Blog? To reach millenials===why is this relevant. Shape Collage and makes it any shape. Shape Collage app.

Photo Apps (Retype)

Its about the journey and the people.

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Video—Animoto app. Mobile app videos

Download at HD qualities.

Make a video. Line up photos and maps. Dropbox folder. Put images in dropbox and app will combine. Www.GenealogyGems.com/animoto

We can still have videos. To convey stories. Use little short videos for gifts. How to engage millenials. Click, drag, and drop.

Google Earth Pro “Family History Tour”

Google Earth Pro software is free! Tell the story. (doesn’t have to be the entire story). Use street view. Make it interactive. Time Travel. Online multi media Family History Tour. Google Earth has pics of old map.

Share genealogy research and creative ways and ensures that it will be valued and preserved.

You find your passion and your way to share. How to Save Your Research from Destruction (Episode #4 Podcast)

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Get proficient with your smart phones! Make videos.

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Projects that will captivate the Non-Genealogists in Your Life: Sharing the Joy

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Lisa Louise Cooke "Genealogy Gems"

My granddaughter, Kaylee, is getting first hand knowledge about "babysitting" her new brother.  Or should I say, she is getting experience in "lapsitting"!?

I "attended" a webinar today, a genealogy/"family history" webinar.  So excited about the message that I've decided to share my notes with you.   I take notes because as an unpaid viewer, a non-subscriber to Legacy Webinars, I don't have the option to download the "hand-out".  My notes are rough, but perhaps you would like to check out some of the links.

From time to time, I do subscribe on a monthly basis.  I never follow one of these webinars, but that I get re-excited about family history.  I always learn something!  I can't always write my notes fast enough, but perhaps you will get something out of them, anyway.  If you can't open the PDF format, let me know and I will send you a word document.

Today's webinar featured one of my favorite people in all of the genealogy community.  Lisa Louise Cooke!

Here is a link to those Notes I took during the Webinar:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/18FeQ9N0YMDRj_-VHkBRtWvwqZYWM8D-L/view