Archive for October, 2008
What’s New Wednesday
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on October 29th, 2008
This is a brief overview of what’s new on the website and in the database during the past week:
New Media:
Photograph of James Young Hemphill and Mary Elizabeth (McEntire) Hemphill. I found this on “The… Read the rest
Most Wanted: Photos, Documents, etc.
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Most Wanted on October 27th, 2008
One of my goals for this website is the share the results of my research and facilitate the exchange of information with other family members and researchers. With your help, I hope to make this as complete a history as possible of the families represented. If you have a connection… Read the rest
Wordpress-TNG Mashup a Success
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Technology on October 25th, 2008
Update: I no longer use the mashup described below. I’m now using the TNG/Wordpress plug-in available here.
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Finally, the new look of the website, with Wordpress and TNG integrated is unveiled!
As I posted a few weeks… Read the rest
Tombstone Tuesday: Unexpected Cemetery Find
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Tombstone Tuesday on October 21st, 2008
Footnote Find: Mary Ellis Pension File
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Military, Research on October 19th, 2008
I’ve been toying with the idea of a Footnote subscription for some time and have even taken advantage of their seven-day free trial a few times. I finally decided to go for it. The item I found this morning makes it all worthwhile.
I’ve been researching… Read the rest
Most Wanted: Barbara Baxter Kendrick
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Most Wanted on October 14th, 2008
My g-g-grandmother’s name was Barbara Baxter. I have very little information about her.
She was married to Francis Marion Kendrick on 16 Apr 1871. I can place the two of them, along with various children, in the 1880, 1900, 1910,… Read the rest
Organizing Digital Photos with Metadata
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Technology on October 12th, 2008
As mentioned a few days ago, I recently lost all the photo links in my genealogy database; this also included losing the source data for those photos. I’ve been uploading my photos, and since I want them to be properly cited, I’ve been… Read the rest
Citing Tombstones as a Source Reference
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Research on October 9th, 2008
I recently bought a copy of Elizabeth Shown Mills’ fabulous book Evidence Explained (e-book available for download on Footnote.com) and have spent the evening creating citations for events sourced from tombstones that I have personally photographed.
It’s a simple format and by copying, pasting, and editing, I was able to… Read the rest
Easy Source Citations
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Research, Technology on October 7th, 2008
I spent many years in academia, so proper source citations are important to me. I love my database software because it automatically builds footnotes, linked to sources, based on form entries; however, I’ve been a bit frustrated because the citation form wasn’t available for photos, documents, etc.
I’ve recently discovered… Read the rest
Most Wanted – Newton Coleman Ward in Birmingham, AL
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Most Wanted on October 6th, 2008
According to my grandmother, her father spent time in Birmingham working as a streetcar driver. I can place him in Georgia during each census year, so this would have been during an “in-between” time.
Newt and my great-grandmother were married… Read the rest
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