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Thomas MacEntee over at GeneaBloggers has a meme called What I Do. Thomas says: you basically list what you use in terms of technology to either run your genealogy business or pursue your family history as a hobby. Here’s my list: * Hardware: Dell Inspiron I1720 laptop * External storage: a couple of 4mg flash drives – these are really . . . → : CONTINUE READING  I’ve been using Evernote for a little over a week now and I love it. I wanted to share what I like about it, how I’m using it and, hopefully, gets tips from others. As a brief overview for those who are unfamiliar with Evernote, it is a note-organizing software program. There are desktop versions, a web . . . → : CONTINUE READING Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings wrote an interesting post last week about Google results when searching for names from your own trees. He searched one one of his names combined with a location, using various search types and reported out the top results. I decided to give it a try with my own search results. I have an Ancestry Member Tree that . . . → : CONTINUE READING  Regular visitors may have noticed that Tonia’s Roots got a new look today! I hope you like it as much as I do. Reasons for Redesigning Although I really liked the old look, I was getting somewhat tired of it.  The software that I use to run the genealogy portion of this website (the excellent TNG), is fairly intuitive, but sometimes it helps to have instructions. All the genealogy data can be found by on the “Family Tree” tab and these instructions apply only to that section of the website. The most common question people have is . . . → : CONTINUE READING The “Family Tree” tab (above) contains a database of all my genealogy research. I thought it would be helpful to provide a navigational overview. The Genealogy Menu is visible in the sidebar whenever you are in the “Family Tree” section. It contains links to: Surnames includes a list of the top 30 surnames in the database, ordered by . . . → : CONTINUE READING  The fabulous Lisa Louise Cooke, of the Genealogy Gems podcast, has an article in the September 2009 edition of Family Tree Magazine about transforming gravestones with photo-editing software to bring out the unreadable details. I admit, I was skeptical about how much improvement could really be made. However, I had a couple of photos from my recent . . . → : CONTINUE READING These are my top ten favorite websites for genealogy research (I have not included blogs – they will be the subject of another post). Most are big sites, whether commercial, government, or volunteer-supported, but a few are personal sites that have been particularly helpful in my own research. Ancestry. The census records alone make the subscription fee worthwhile. . . . → : CONTINUE READING My main genealogy software is The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding. This software can be used as a stand-alone product or with a desktop genealogy program. I use Legacy for a few things, but use TNG for all my data entry and storage. If you want to learn more about the features and benefits of TNG . . . → : CONTINUE READING Update: I no longer use the mashup described below. I’m now using the TNG/Wordpress plug-in available here. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Finally, the new look of the website, with WordPress and TNG integrated is unveiled! As I posted a few weeks ago, I was attempting to follow directions to integrate WordPress and TNG. I had a few problems, but after playing around . . . → : CONTINUE READING |
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