Connecting Generations: Military History in Family Research

(image created with ChatGPT with the prompt: create a graphic of someone looking at Canadian WWI records) It’s been a great week for me. The first thing that happened was … Continue Reading →

What’s The Date On That Mystery Photo?

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog called, Three Things You Can Do With Mystery Family Photos? But what about when you’re dealing with a mystery photo, and you … Continue Reading →

Meet Sarah, she’s a Genealogist.

Sarah might not be a real person, but I know from the people I meet who are genealogists and friends, and friends that are clients, that these feelings are real. … Continue Reading →

If You Stored Your Photos At Shutterfly, You Need To Read This

If you have not seen the linked video segment from “The Today Show” on April 21st about Shutterfly deleting peoples’ photos, please watch it now. (note you might have to … Continue Reading →

January 28th 2023 Is Data Privacy Day

Tomorrow is Data Privacy Day, and I thought I’d pass along three tips for keeping your data private. I follow these rules myself, and I am also protective of my … Continue Reading →

Saving Your Genealogy FOREVER – Step One and Two (Step Three Coming Soon)

Last week my mailing list was given first access to Part One of Saving Your Genealogy FOREVER. I have to say it was a huge success because there were so … Continue Reading →

Five Last-Minute Gifts You Can Buy The Genealogist In Your Family

As we get closer to Christmas, there is a mad rush to figure out what to buy that hard-to-buy person in your family. But if your hard-to-buy person is a genealogist, I’ve got your back. Continue Reading →

My Digital Preservation Story

My digitization story is like many of yours might be. My parents left me boxes and boxes of their albums and videos, and I felt a bit overwhelmed with the … Continue Reading →

Are You Checking Your Old Cameras?

First of all, I wanted to ask you. Did you know your old cameras might have value? Some of you might be like me and have an old, sometimes inexpensive … Continue Reading →

Do You Have Photo Guilt? I Can Help You Fix That

Whether you are a genealogist or not, many of us deal with photo guilt. Photo guilt is real. It’s that feeling when you have inherited your parent’s photo collection, or … Continue Reading →