Books on how to get started in Genealogy: Leaving a Legacy
Posted in Computer Tips, Family History, Genealogy Books, Genealogy Software, Genealogy Tips, History on Apr 19th, 2011
My genealogy software has a Match and Merge function, as do some competitive programs. This function performs nunerous processes, but normally permits one to take a GEDCOM from another researcher and merge that data into your own, at the same time identifying possible matches so that duplicates are not created. The following comments do not [...]
Posted in Computer Tips, Family History, Genealogy Software, Genealogy Tips, History on Mar 4th, 2011
The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. Today I read an online message from a reader of this newsletter in which she bemoaned the quality of genealogy information [...]
Posted in Family History, Genealogy Tips, History on Feb 19th, 2011
Have you ever been to the Cumberland Gap, walked a bit of the Wilderness Trail? There is an incredible amount of history to be discovered at the Gap. As you would know, it was the gateway to the West, long before St. Louis erected the Arch and called it the gateway to the West. There [...]
Posted in Computer Tips, Family History, Genealogy Books, Genealogy Tips, History on Dec 9th, 2010
On December 6, 2010 Google brought forth its promised trove of books available at their Internet site. What’s a trove? In Google’s case some 3 million books, many of which are free public domain works. I have spent some time wandering about the site and already have found a half dozen books having promise for [...]
Posted in Family History, Genealogy Books, Genealogy Software, Genealogy Tips, History on Dec 7th, 2010
Are you spending hours wondering what presents to give for Christmas? Is the recipient too young for this, too old for that ….. and how could you possibly impact his or her future life meaningfully beyond a few hours? Do you have one of the following on your list: A person close to or in [...]
Posted in Computer Tips, Family History, Genealogy Books, Genealogy Software, Genealogy Tips, History on Nov 25th, 2010
Within this Blog are numerous posts which address certain aspects of writing a book based on your genealogical research. You can either scroll through or else the search” command to locate them. We all have different ideas on how to present our findings, these are just mine. The list includes: “Ages” Report in Genealogy Software [...]
Posted in Computer Tips, Family History, Genealogy Software, Genealogy Tips, History on Nov 5th, 2010
When you are seeking help from others in researching your ancestors, there are several principles you should bear in mind. First, clearly indicate you are willing to share that which you have. Genealogists generally speaking are very giving. They share easily. So be prepared to give, and to receive. Second, assuming you have genealogy software [...]
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