Recent Posts Tagged With 'carnival of genealogy'

• My Favorite Genealogical Society

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 22:06 in carnival of genealogy

  If you don't count my parents, I don't have Eastern Washington ancestors. Like many Americans in today's mobile society, I don't live anywhere near where my ancestors lived. My parents are from Western Michigan and a year after they wed in 1966, th...

• The 77th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy: Disasters

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 04:01 in carnival of genealogy

  Welcome to the 77th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy!poster courtesy of the footnoteMavenAs human beings, our very existence is proof of the survival skills, faith, or just plain luck our ancestors possessed in order to persevere through millenia...

• Fire!

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 16:27 in wright, strong, carnival of genealogy

  In the Family Record Book of my maternal great-grandparents, John Martin HOEKSTRA and Lillian Fern STRONG, my great-grandmother writes:In 1907, Ma, Pa, [siblings] Frank, Ethel, Ed and I went [from Western Michigan] to live on a company ranch in Orego...

• Reminder: Submissions for the Carnival of Genealogy Due Saturday

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 22:07 in carnival of genealogy

  poster courtesy of the footnoteMavenJust a friendly reminder to get those submissions in for the 77th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. The due date is Saturday, August 1st!...

• AnceStories Will Host the 77th Carnival of Genealogy, Come What May!

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 20:39 in carnival of genealogy

  courtesy of the footnoteMavenI am proud to be hosting the 77th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy here at AnceStories. As human beings, our very existence is proof of the survival skills, faith, or just plain luck our ancestors possessed in order ...

• Carnivals Galore!

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 20:05 in carnival of genealogy, i smile for the camera carnival, canadian genealogy carnival

  Three genealogy carnivals were published this weekend, so grab a cold drink (or a warm one, if you're in Chicago!), put up your feet, and enjoy reading the following online publications:The 15th Edition of the Smile for the Camera! Carnival - They Wo...

• Happy Independence Day!

  Posted on Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 11:18 in carnival of genealogy

  Have a safe and happy holiday! The 75th Carnival of Genealogy is up at Orations of OMcHoday. The theme is, appropriately, Justice and Independence....

• It's Carnival Time!

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 10:03 in carnival of genealogy, cabinet of curiosities, i smile for the camera carnival

  This week, two carnivals were posted. The 12th Edition of the "Smile for the Camera" Carnival was published April 15th at the Shades of the Departed Blog, with the theme being "A Noble Life." There were 20 submissions honoring the noble lives of anc...

• The 66th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is Posted

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 00:49 in carnival of genealogy

  Celebrating the 2008 iGene Awards, you can read it here (I didn't participate this time) and find out what the theme for the 67th Edition will be!...

• The 64th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is Posted

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 21:15 in carnival of genealogy

  Poster courtesy of the footnoteMaven.Winter Photo Essay: Head on over to Creative Gene to find 31 submissions from 30 bloggers who are featuring their favorite winter photos, from the present to their ancestors' vintage winter shots. My submission i...

• Winter Photo Essay: Marie LEWIS

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 01:19 in lewis, carnival of genealogy, robbins

  I've got lots of modern winter photos, but I went through my collection of scanned vintage ones, and figured out that these two were the oldest winter ones I have. The top one is of my paternal great-grandmother, Marie LEWIS, taken during the Winter...

• The 63rd Carnival of Genealogy is Posted

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 00:25 in carnival of genealogy

  New Year's Resolutions, the theme of the 63rd Carnival of Genealogy is now available to be read at Creative Gene. Forty submissions were entered, and mine, Resolutions, can be read here.The topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is:...

• Resolutions

  Posted on Thursday January 1st, 2009 at 22:32 in carnival of genealogy

  res o lu tion (noun)A resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.The act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.The mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmne...