Helping My Friends with Their Family History Research

Off and on through the years, I have helped friends (you know who you are) with their family history research.  I have and continue to enjoy the challenges of finding their ancestors.  Each friend (obviously) has different research needs as we do all.  I love being able to step in and help them find records that have alluded them for … [Read more…]

My Husband is My Tenth Cousin

One of the coolest features of the paid version of the RootsMagic software is their Relationship Calculator. We use it all the time! Include Your Relationship to an Ancestor When You Can Online For example, when I post “virtual” flowers on our ancestors memorial pages at FindAGrave.com, I do my best to list the relationship of the person to … [Read more…]

We Need Help Identifying These Photos

My last post was about the new functionality for viewing and linking family members in the FamilySearch.org website.  Now I am calling on family members everywhere to please help me out in identifying some of these old photos. The largest number of photos that I need help with are found in my Merritt/Moore album.  These photos were scanned by my … [Read more…]