Had a strange Sunday morning courtesy of my family. I got a wake up call from one of my adult kids asking me to list my top 12 dead ancestors that I needed info on. That made me laugh as I was thinking yesterday I need to move on from my Duer-Hollingsheads who I found … Continue reading “A Strange Way to Select a Genealogy Research Project”
Welcome back to another year of Genealogy at Heart. Here’s hoping your holidays were quiet, safe and delightful! I’m longing for the comfort of ritual traditions that were discarded last year due to all the chaos. In keeping with how I have started every past January blog, here’s my review of the top 10 Genealogy … Continue reading “Top Genealogy At Heart Posts from 2020”
It’s been a rainy, windy week in my area with Tropical Storm Cristobal passing off shore. I spent my free time catching up on two books I’ve always had on my “To Read” list but never got around to checking out – Henry Z. Jones’ Psychic Roots and More Psychic Roots.If you’ve followed my blog … Continue reading “Synchronocity and my Roots”
Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com on 3 Jul 2016. “Memory has become a sacred duty of all people of goodwill.” Elie Weisel Hubby and I went to the cemetery last week – not to check a record, take a picture for a memorial request or to honor an ancestor. Instead, we went to check on space … Continue reading “No Headstone? Here’s Some Ideas”
Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com on 16 Jun 2016. I’ve had a very strange week – genealogywise! It started with this recent family photo tree purchase: I always wanted to place family photos on the wall in my office but I couldn’t decide which pictures to use or how to group them. I saw the photo … Continue reading “Photographs Unveil Information in a New Light”
Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com on 28 Feb 2016. Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Leesburg, Florida Genealogical Conference of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Florida Chapter Debbie Mieszala, CG, presented on 3 topics: Newspaper Research in the Midwest, Land Records in Pennsylvania and Ohio and Pulling Evidence from Beneath a Record’s Surface. I was … Continue reading “Midwest Magic”
Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com on 30 May 2015. My family does not stay in one place for long which makes tracing them a challenge. As I mentioned in my last blog, my husband and my family also tends to migrate in circles. -I’m still in Harbaugh Country but I’m thinking about the odd way I discovered … Continue reading “Circular Migration Patterns-How History Repeats Itself”
