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52 Weeks to Better Genealogy: Podcasts

August 6, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

This week’s 52 challenge is: Listen to a podcast. A podcast is a digital media file that you can download and listen to any time. There are some wonderful genealogy podcasts including Genealogy Gems and Genealogy Guys (click the POD on either site to listen). You can find many other podcasts on iTunes (free, but […]

Filed Under: And More Tagged With: 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy, History, Podcast

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 25

June 25, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

This week’s challenge is to: Write one good, solid comment on at least one genealogy blog every day for a week. Sometimes we get busy and the genealogy reading we should be doing just piles up. The same thing happens with blogs. This week, take some time to read genealogy blogs. Select at least one […]

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52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge #19 – Military Records

June 13, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

Butler genealogy

I’m catching up on some prior 52 Week Challenges that I had missed along the way.  Challenge #19 was to: Examine the “Genealogy and Military Records” page on the National Archives page (http://www.archives.gov/veterans/research/genealogy.html). (Non-U.S. folks: examine the military records information from your country’s national archives.) Click the links and read everything you can. If you’ve […]

Filed Under: Military Tagged With: 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy, Butler, NARA

52 Week to Better Genealogy – Create Your Own Challenge – Redux

June 11, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

Following up on Monday’s article about challenge to deal with my genealogy email, here is how the week has gone: Monday – email dated 2/10/08 regarding various Johnsons.  I had previously dealt with all issues in the email.  The person emailing was questioning certain facts.  All the facts in question were from my early, early […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy, Burk, Hemphill, Johnson, NC State Archives

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy – Create Your Own Challenge

June 7, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

52 weeks to better genealogy

It’s been awhile since since I’ve done one of the 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy challenges.  Challenge # 23 is to: Come up with a personal genealogy challenge of your own. Each person has different research goals and experiences. Use this week to come up with your own challenge, and then take the steps to […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy, To-Dos

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy – Google Maps

February 19, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

genealogy, Kendrick, Rock Island, Civil War

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 […]

Filed Under: And More, Military, Research Tagged With: 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy, Civil War, Confederate Army, GBGames2010, Kendrick, Rock Island

Chatsworth-Murray County Library Genealogy Collection

January 8, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

This is the first post in a challenge series called “52 Weeks to Better Genealogy,” created by the fabulous Amy Coffin at WeTree. Go to your local public library branch. Make a note of the genealogy books in the collection that may help you gain research knowledge. Don’t forget to check the shelves in both […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy, Genealogy, Library, Murray County GA

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Hi, I am Tonia Kendrick. Genealogy is my hobby, my passion (those who say obsession would not be accused of crazy-talk). While I had helped my mom with genealogy as a teenager, I first caught the bug myself when computers came into the picture.

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