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Scrapbooking for Beginners : Design Principles for Scrapbooking
Grooving2Music | December 20th 2009
expertvillage asked: Learn design principles for scrapbooking andrecord memories in this free video on arts and crafts. Get scrapbooking and journaling ideas. Expert: Stephanie Ovak Bio: Stephanie Ovak has always been interested in genealogy and f read more
The Discussion about Standards, Certification, Maturity, etc.: Us…
GeneaBlogie | December 19th 2009 by Craig Manson
Part I of Several Parts When I say in in my profile on this page, that I “literally have a checkered past,” that refers to both my ancestral background (as it would to most people) and to the fact that for complicated reasons, I have read more
…and Friday Following Amy
Wading in the Gene Pool | December 18th 2009 by Wading in the Gene Pool
For my very first “Friday Follow” post I wanted to give Gene Pool props to Amy Coffin, over at We Tree. Amy describes herself and her blog thusly: Welcome to my blog, where I chronicle my own adventures in genealogy and hopefully inspire read more
Advent Christmas Challenge – Grab Bag
Family Tree Writer | December 17th 2009 by Sherry Kline
Sherry Stocking Kline December 17, 2009 Geneabloggers’ Advent Christmas Challenge – Grab Bag Author’s choice. Please post from a topic that helps you remember Christmases past! Reading Geneabloggers post from a few days ago (and I’ read more
Is There Any Connection Between Breastfeeding, Asthma and Allergi…
Strictly Asthma | December 17th 2009 by LaMarion
Is There Any Connection Between Breastfeeding, Asthma and Allergies? Research indicates that babies who are breastfeed are less likely to develop eczema or other allergy related conditions. If you, your partner, an older child or other close family m read more
15-Minute Family History: Make a Holiday Binder
Above the Trees | December 17th 2009 by Renee Huskey
Holiday photo-cards are a great source of heirloom-worthy photo-history. They chronicle the growth of children (and the aging of parents!), new marriages, new babies, and sometimes even include pets and home exteriors. For many, the annual holiday p read more
UK: 41 generations from Mt. Everest
Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog | December 17th 2009 by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
Tracing the Tribe knows that genealogists are very focused people. We know what we want and try to find it. Some might even say there are a few who have a touch of OCD.According to the Oxford Times (UK), there are others who pass even that line, such read more
St Giles Cottage Hospital London 1940 – 1941
Olga's Daughter | December 16th 2009 by Marie
<—Olga, Nursing & a Declaration of War Olga’s Diary (Continued) Life goes on: A strange thing happened this morning, a gentleman called out. “Nurse” It took a few moments before I realized he meant me. It was a b read more
Christmas Advent Challenge – Christmas Pageants!
Family Tree Writer | December 16th 2009 by Sherry Kline
Sherry Stocking Kline December 16th, 2009 Thanks to Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers for his daily blogging (and memory) challenges… Christmas At School What did you do to celebrate Christmas at school? Were you ever in a Christmas Pageant? Oh read more
December birthdays
Hayes and Greene family history | December 16th 2009 by Steve Hayes
There is a genealogy blog carnival, in which people are asked to blog on family members who have birthdays in December, so here are some of our family members with December birthdays: Ralph Carr (1818-1862) Ralph Carr was Val’s great-great gr read more
Saturday Stories: Gram's Christmas Eve Parties
Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker | December 13th 2009 by KRISTEN
Gram, my great grandmother, loved Christmas. She was an amateur artist and would paint Christmas figures on huge pieces of wood and decorated her house, yard and roof with them. The year she won the town's Christmas deco read more
Sunset Vista Cemetery In AZ
Headstonesgenealogy’s Weblog | December 12th 2009 by Tina And Todd Atkinson
We have a volunteer who took the photos at Sunset Vista Cemetery in AZ. The posses to get them up has already been started so we hope to get them up soon. So far we have the cemetery grounds pictures up to look through. We are still working on pic read more
Surnames 18
Headstonesgenealogy’s Weblog | December 12th 2009 by Tina And Todd Atkinson
Ok We have some more surnames to let you know about. Just remember this is not all the new ones just a few of them. Low Offermann Videon Duren Colgan Kedzie Anasis Lizardi Bruccoleri Kilinski to see more an read more
Coming up on Coronation Street
Gossip Blender | December 12th 2009
On Monday, Deirdre’s horrified when she reads the article in the Gazette and discovers that it’s full of all the gory details of their family history, including her time in prison and Tracy’s sentence for murder. Norris can’t read more
Advent Calendar Challenge – Other Traditions…
Family Tree Writer | December 11th 2009 by Sherry Kline
Sherry Stocking Kline December 11, 2009 Thanks once again to Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers for today’s Advent Calendar Challenge! December 11 – Other Traditions Did your family or friends also celebrate other traditions during the holi read more
..and searching for “Tote” Carson
Wading in the Gene Pool | December 11th 2009 by Wading in the Gene Pool
Next to my husband and my son’s, right now Knowlton “Tote” Carson is the most important man in my life. I was introduced to Tote by way of an old photo album, and have been researching him for the past few weeks. It’s slow go read more
Advent Calendar Challenge – Gifts
Family Tree Writer | December 10th 2009 by Sherry Kline
by Sherry Stocking Kline December 10, 2009 Thanks to Thomas MacEntee for today’s Christmas Advent Calendar Challenge! Gifts What were your favorite gifts, both to receive and to give? Are there specific gift-giving traditions among your family read more
Christmas Advent Calendar – Grab Bag
Family Tree Writer | December 10th 2009 by Sherry Kline
Sherry Stocking Kline December 9, 2009 When I was growing up, my Grandma Maud (McGinnis) Stocking lived an hour and a half away in a little town named Cedarvale, Kansas . And though we went to see her and brought her to see us, it didn’t alwa read more
Tombstone Tuesday – Salinda E. (Rose) Breneman
Family Tree Writer | December 8th 2009 by Sherry Kline
Sherry Stocking Kline December 8th, 2009 Salinda (Rose) Breneman, daughter of Eden and Elsie/Elcy Rose, is my great-grandmother on my mother’s side. Salinda Breneman – 396 Looking at this photo today, I wish I’d been better p read more
The rare Wry-Neck Gallywumpus
KnitGeekery | December 8th 2009 by Karen Irving
Over the years it has come to my attention that I have some peculiar linguistic habits.For example, if you ask me, "Where's Joe?" (assuming I know who the heck Joe is), I will automatically respond, "He went for a pee and the wolves got him."This usu read more
Footnote.com Opens Their WWII Collection Free To The Public Durin…
GeneaBlogie | December 7th 2009 by Craig Manson
I’ve been a fan of Footnote.com since they opened. I was very pleased to learn about their “interactive USS Arizona Memorial.” And that along with the rest of their World War II collection will be free for the rest of the month of read more
Keep spinning: A diamond dreidel
Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog | December 6th 2009 by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
Looking for the ultimate Chanukah gift? How about a diamond-studded dreidel for $1,800?Now, that's a nice heirloom to pass down through the generations. Of course, you'll have to frisk your dreidel players after each game.You could always just have i read more
Bonnie Hunt’s Auntie Annie Turning 90 Years Old
HairBoutique.com Blog | December 6th 2009
The adorable Bonnie Hunt always sits at her desk during the opening of her show and chats with Don, Nick and the band members, when they’re on set. (Image of Bonnie Hunt - DailyCeleb.com - All Rights Reserved) On a recent show she announced tha read more
Cooperative family history
Hayes and Greene family history | December 6th 2009 by Steve Hayes
Last year we started a family history Wiki, in the hope that it might make it easier to cooperate with others in gathering family history. The Wiki format, which has been so successful in compiling Wikipedia, one of the most useful encyclopedias the read more
Macular Degeneration: Prevention and Treatment
Antioxidants Articles and News | December 4th 2009 by Rolf Joho
cbeyedr asked: Macular Degeneration; Dry and Wet Types; AREDS Result; Vitamins, antioxidants and Zinc; Omega3 fatty acids; Treatment of new vessels with VEGF inhibitors, Lucentis, Avastin; Risk Factors; age, race, smoking, family history, genetic read more
Macular Degeneration: Prevention and Treatment
Antioxidants Articles and News | December 4th 2009 by Rolf Joho
cbeyedr asked: Macular Degeneration; Dry and Wet Types; AREDS Result; Vitamins, antioxidants and Zinc; Omega3 fatty acids; Treatment of new vessels with VEGF inhibitors, Lucentis, Avastin; Risk Factors; age, race, smoking, family history, genetic read more
Happy 90th Birthday to Grandpa Bess!
Morphological Confetti | December 3rd 2009 by Stephen Bess
Happy 90th Birthday to my grandfather (seated left). He definitely has a lot to do with who I am today. God bless him. (Pictured left to right: Grandpa -Tom Best, Stephen Bess, Great Aunt - Josephine)Photograph by: read more
Advent Calender–> Day 3, Christmas Ornaments
Wading in the Gene Pool | December 2nd 2009 by Wading in the Gene Pool
It’s strange, I don’t remember any generational christmas ornaments growing up. I remember making ornaments as a child, especially those pipe cleaner candy canes that I could hang on the tree. Pipe cleaners shaped like the canes…th read more
An Update on Emil
GenBlog | December 2nd 2009 by Julie
This is a follow-up to my Finding Emil post from last month. I haven’t really be able to figure out much since that post, but I’ve found some more information that may eventually help, including a real photo postcard in the box of photos from my read more
Photo Confirms 1920 Census Location
GenBlog | December 2nd 2009 by Julie
If you’ve read any of my recent posts, then you know that I finally started going through the box of photos my aunt gave me earlier this year. Among them, I found this photo of my great-grandfather, George ROTTMAN and his son Edward. Why is th read more
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