This week’s challenge from Amy at WeTree is to play with Google Maps, a “a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your family history.” My genealogy software uses Google Maps to map all the locations for each individual within the database, so I’ve never gone straight to Google Maps and used it […]
Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games – Recap Days 1 & 2
And the iGene Award Goes To
Welcome to the 2009 iGene Awards, spotlighting Tonia’s Roots. We’ll be celebrating the best posts of 2009 and presenting awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, and Best Biography. The nominees for Best Picture are. . . F. M. Kendrick Mariah (Langston) Roberts Mary Elizabeth (McEntire) Hemphill And the winner is. . . Mariah […]
Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games – Opening Ceremony
The Tonia’s Roots flag is flying, announcing my participation in the Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games. The base of my flag is the United States Stars and Stripes. My ancestors came to these shores centuries ago, so the bulk of my research takes place in the United States. The middle layer is the German flag, representing […]
Weekly Updates for 2010-02-10
RT @southerngraves: Rose Hill Cemetery; Macon, GA blog – http://tinyurl.com/y8dtgux – Robert Anderson’s simple gravestone reveals. . . # Posted query “Thomas Kendrick-Mahala Lawson family – location in 1870?” on Genealogy Wise: http://ning.it/dwEUUJ # Uploaded 1840 Census, Tennessee, Polk County, p5. Lawson, Haskins #surnames http://ow.ly/14BZr # Added 1850 Census, Tennessee, Polk Co, District 3, p. […]
The Notebook Project
If you are a regular visitor to this blog, then you know that I keep all my genealogy records online (click Family Tree above). I decided long ago that online publishing was the right format for me and I’m still quite happy with the arrangement. Not only do I keep all my records online, I […]
Weekly Updates for 2010-02-03
RT @hikari17: RT @genlighten: Blount County Tennessee Obituary Lookups 1908-present offered by Taneya: http://bit.ly/9Lj3cS #genealogy # I’ve been away from genealogy for a couple of weeks. Glad to be digging in the past this weekend. # Added headstone photo for Sarah (LILLARD) O’Neal 1833 – 1858. http://ow.ly/12gZy #genealogy #surnames # Added headstone photo for 4x-g-grandmother, […]
February Genealogy To-Dos
I’m setting more modest goals this month, since I didn’t get much genealogy done last month. So, for February: Write 10 blog posts Abstract (or update previously-done abstractions, if necessary) 10 census pages and update the citations. Index some names on FamilySearch Scan 5 photos & process 5 headstone photos. Look for (online) source records […]
February Birthdays
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in February: Jonathan Curtis, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1690 in Wiltshire, England. John Garrett, 5x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1739 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania. Catherine Powell, 5x-great-grandmother, born 20 Feb 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina. Rosamond, 4x-great-grandmother, born 25 Feb 1805 in North Carolina. Martin Langston, 4x-great-grandfather, […]
Genealogy To-Dos – January Wrap-Up
I got away from genealogy a couple of weeks this month, spending my time on other pursuits (reading and scrapbooking, namely). How did I do toward my goals? Write 10 blog posts – completed 7 Abstract (or update previously-done abstractions, if necessary) 20 census pages and update the citations. I haven’t located all these census […]