Genealogy Conferences – Why Should You Go?

(Roots Tech)   Over the next few months, my store; Shop the Hound will be busy going to genealogy conferences. So why should you go to a genealogy conference? There are … Continue Reading →

Understanding AncestryDNA’s Genetic Communities

Free Recording Available I watched this webinar yesterday and I have to tell you that it was excellent. Even though I’d been part of the beta test group, there were … Continue Reading →

Expand Your Genealogy Education Without Spending a Cent

There’s nothing better than learning something new to enhance your genealogy education, and if it’s FREE that’s even better. This week I’d like to tell you about a couple of FREE … Continue Reading →

I Learned A Valuable Lesson About Life & My Photos

(this blog was originally posted January 31 2017) We live in a digital age; everyone has a phone on their hip or in their purse, that has a camera. So … Continue Reading →

What’s In A Name?

In the play; Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Juliet says  “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Meaning that she … Continue Reading →

Expand Your Genealogy Education

I’m always trying to learn as much as I can about my two favorite subjects; Genealogy and DNA. Here are two sites that can help expand your knowledge in the … Continue Reading →

So Many Sales So Little Time

The Black Friday sales continue and if you haven’t had a chance to check out this Week’s Treasures then you’ll want to do so before the end of Cyber Monday. … Continue Reading →

My DNA Wish

When I was at Roots Tech earlier this year, as usual, I stopped at the AncestryDNA booth. In one of the discussions, a staff member asked what would be my … Continue Reading →

Are You Reading Your Genealogy?

I always encourage people to “read your genealogy”. What that means to me is;  are you reading books which are either; genealogy how-to books or are you reading novels that are … Continue Reading →

A New Tool For My Toolbox and A DNA Angel Alert

Today I’d like to tell you about a new tool I’ve purchased to create videos. It’s called Animoto and I’ve already created a few videos. The first one I created was … Continue Reading →