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Coming to you today from Kona, Hawaii, where John and I went to escape the Spokane winter……. and it’s glorious here, low 80s and barefoot an on the beach all day picking up pieces of coral…………. but this is a Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……… Week’s Peek
This Friday, on Who Do You Think You Are, will feature Blair Underwood Time: Friday, February 17th 8/7c “Blair Underwood’s search sends him to the American South to learn startling news. Then Blair travels to Cameroon to reconnect with his Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Coming This Friday
Here are some of the Salt Lake Christmas Tour folks that were at RootsTech….. Henriette “Hank” Christmas, Cecily Kelly, Maureen MacDonald, Trudy Schenk, Donna, Thomas MacEntee, Loni Gardner, Arlene Amodei. Next year maybe I’ll see you there and snap a Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………. Week’s Peek
Hello and good morning from Salt Lake. I’ve just finished up attending RootsTech and it was fab. I think the over-arching new understanding I gained was this: Imagine all the available genealogical data as kernels of wheat. This wheat with Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek
This Friday, on Who Do You Think You Are, will feature Marisa Tomei Time: Friday, February 10th 8/7c “Academy Award winning actress Marisa Tomei ventures to Italy and investigates a family murder mystery to discover who killed her great-grandfather.” Click Continue reading This Friday on Who Do You Think You Are
Anybody remember that handsome hunk, Illya D’Addezio, who joined our Christmas tour for a couple of years recently? His passion was his websites, GenealogyToday and LiveRoots, and he tried his darndest to help us understand and value using what he Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…… Week’s Peek
Here are some photos of the happy people on the recent Salt Lake Christmas Tour. Besides the awesome breakfasts, great teaching by Thomas MacEntee and having the chance to meet new friends (like Armin), everybody on the tour had a Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………… Week’s Peek
When Chicken Soup for the Soul came out it was not the first book of inspirational stories to hit the book stand. However, the book did seem to carry an often overlooked genre into the mainstream. There are many well Continue reading Miracles in Genealogy
Here in Spokane, we have an elegant and wonderful “old lady” of a hotel. In the wonderful book by Tony and Suzanne Bamonte, Spokane’s Legendary Davenport Hotel, is a reproduced menu from the hotel for their 1892 New Year’s Day Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour….. New Year’s peek
Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy 2011, is a straightforward beginners guide to genealogy research. Some of the books contents are exactly what you would expect to find in any beginning genealogy book, only with a twist for Jewish research. There Continue reading Beginning Jewish Genealogy
Merry Christmas from my house to yours. This is a tree along the lane coming into my house; we don’t have much snow yet but I’m sure it is coming. I really don’t mind! I live in Spokane! I wish Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour….. Week’s Peek!
Despite all the hullaballo with RootsTech that Leland had to deal with, the 27th annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour was a huge and resounding success! First off, there was no snow and the days were sunny and bright (but cold). Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……. post-2011 tour peek!
“He’s my semi half brother. He shares three of the same mothers as me.” [Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie] Have you ever felt like identifying your family connections was as confusing as this quote? Was that my second cousin, Continue reading Confusing Family Connections Simplified
“A Better Book There Never Was” proclaims Robert Hicks, author and historic preservationist, in his introduction to Company Aytch OR a Side Show of the Big Show: A Memoir of the Civil War by Sam R. Watkins. When it comes Continue reading The Sesquicentennial Edition of Company Aytch
On this Thanksgiving Day my own reflections turn to my ancestors. Like like each of you, I would not be where I am today if not for the faith and perseverance of my own forefathers. Their stories give me hope, Continue reading Giving Thanks to Our Ancestors