Queries – Inquiring Minds Want to Know

  Queries can be a useful tool for doing family history. They can be posted on genealogy society webpages or to genealogy boards. When creating your query be sure to … Continue Reading →

Tracks Through Time

This past weekend my husband, my sister-in-law, Debby, and I  spent time in Barrie, Ontario at the Tracks Through Time, OGS Genealogy Conference. Debby was a participant and Kevin helped me … Continue Reading →

The Evolution of Family History Hound

I’ve told you how I started on my genealogy path and although I was a family history hound, the site Family History Hound and the subsequent other sites were not born until I … Continue Reading →

Are your reading or listening to Genealogy Books..

Do you read genealogy books? I don’t just mean “how to books” or local history books, I’m talking about novels. There are many titles available that will bring your love … Continue Reading →

Are You Backing Up Your Files? No Really, Are You?

Something that we are always told we should do,  but  most often, we think  “that won’t happen to me ” or “I’ll do that someday”.  Don’t take the chance with … Continue Reading →

Going to a Genealogy Conference

Something that I look forward to as a genealogist is going to conferences. I’ve been to genealogy conferences with 100 people and I’ve been to Roots Tech in Salt Lake … Continue Reading →

I Swear, That I Won’t Hit the Amazon Easy Button

I don’t know about you but I think I’m in love with Amazon. But not just Amazon; Amazon Kindle.  I find it all to easy to search out books that … Continue Reading →

Can’t Find that Birth Record?

Sometimes when you’re looking for a birth record you can be disappointed because it’s not there and it should be. Before your disappointed, check the other children’s in the families birth … Continue Reading →

Serendipity

This article was originally posted on May 21, 2015 (The first photo I took first)  (The second, well, read below you’ll understand) Very early in my family history, I heard … Continue Reading →

It’s May, It Must be Jennings Month

When I first started doing Genealogy I decided that I’d have a family of the month.  What that meant was that you worked on one family for the month and … Continue Reading →