I just got one of those emails from FamilySearch offering to help me commemorate my great-grandmother’s anniversary, so I decided to write a quick blog post about her. Clicking the link in the email shows me a calendar with January events from my tree. Card-like windows tell me more...
Last month I had the opportunity to talk with the Irish Genealogical Society International’s Dave Miller, creator of the IGSI podcast. Dave interviewed Tom Rice and me about the upcoming IGSI webinar Challenges in Irish Family Research: Brick Wall Panel Discussion, which will be broadcast June 17. Tom and...
Change happens! I have moved email subscriptions for my blog posts to MailChimp, leaving behind the outdated Feedburner platform. As part of this change I have added a convenient subscription form to the sidebar on the website. If you are already a subscriber, nothing has changed, and you do...
The National Genealogical Society is looking for submissions from providers of genealogical information for their SLAM! Showcase 24 May 2022. Here is the press release: FALLS CHURCH, VA, 12 JANUARY 2021— The National Genealogical Society (NGS) issued a call for submissions for the SLAM! Idea Showcase scheduled for May...
The summer of 2020 has turned out to be different from what we envisioned, hasn’t it? When 2020 started, I was scheduled to present a pre-conference DNA workshop and a DNA talk at the Celtic Connections Conference (CCC) in Chicago at the end of July, then fly to England,...
