One of my biggest challenges as a family historian is making sure that all my family photos and heirlooms are preserved. For many things scanning works well but it does take a long time. Then what do you do if your items are to large to scan or an object like baby booties or…
In my previous post, I shared why I believe that Thomas Robinson and Jane King are not the parents of the Robinson siblings who are connected to the Gibson family in New Brunswick. This leaves the question just who is the parents of: Christopher Robinson b. Abt. 1821 Ireland, died 23 September 1895 married to…
Many years ago I did a lot of research on the Robinson family of my Grandma’s stepfather. I haven’t looked at this line in quite some time. So when I received a message from a Robinson descendant a few weeks before Christmas I decided to take a fresh look at the records to try and…
I received the following press release from rootstrust. rootstrust is a new cross platform (Windows, Mac and Linux) genealogy program that has been under development and soon to be officially released. I’ve been trying the Linux version out this past year and it has some great features! ————————————————————————————————————————– rootstrust 1.0 to be launched February 2016 Atavus, Inc….
Earlier this year Google changed the way Bloggers login authorization worked. Unfortunately this caused a lot of problems for bloggers who used offline blog editors! Now Google did give advance notice that these changes were coming, however many of these popular offline editors are not being actively supported anymore. One of the most popular programs…
Yesterday I received an email notice from Ancestry that as of December 31st, 2015 they would no longer be selling Family Tree Maker. Support for the program will continue until January 1st 2017. You can read the full details on Ancestry’s blog. From what they say during this time features like tree sync will…
I’m joining in Saturday Night Genealogy Fun blog meme hosted by Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings. This weeks challenge is: 1) Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either software on your computer, or an online family tree) and figure out how to Count how many surnames you have in your family tree database. 2) Tell…
My Grandmother Margaret Alice Colgan was born 10th of August 1891 in Osprey township, Grey County, Ontario. Her parents were John James “Jack” Colgan (1854-1928) and Indiana Lovica Badgerow (1866-1937). Margaret was the second oldest child born to her parents, her siblings were: Sarah Elizabeth Colgan (1889-1978) John James “Jack” Colgan Jr. (1898-1961) Mary Ann…
Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings has shared another great Saturday night genealogy fun challenge! For this week’s mission (should you decide to accept it), I challenge you to:1) What day of the week was your Grandmother born (either one)? Tell us how you found out. 2) What event was a headline in the newspapers on that…
I’m joining in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog meme and I’m already a week behind! LOL Our youngest has been teething and needed a lot of cuddling this past week or so. Now I have a little time to sneak onto the computer with both hands free to type! This week I’m sharing…