The Journal of Genetic Genealogy has a new associate editor, Genealand's own Genetic Genealogist, Blaine Bettinger, PhD! Congratulations, Dr. DNA!In other related news, our good doctor is celebrating his upcoming one year anniversary as The Genetic Genealogist by giving his readers an opportunity to win a FREE genetic genealogy test from DNA Heritage! The entry deadline is January 18, so get yourself...
Friday, January 11, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Would I Seek Living People Too?
Randy's thought-provoking post, "Searching for Living People...," prompted me to ask myself, "What if?" What if I were contacted to help find a still living person? Would I be willing to accept the job? Yes? No? Maybe?Genealogists are by nature a curious folk, I think, and I don't know any who would turn down an opportunity to solve a good mystery. But when the mystery involves the living, the outcome...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Five Score Years Ago
Lisa of 100 Years in America wants to know, "Where was your family in 1908?" After reading her post, I gotta admit I was pretty curious myself. So, I warmed up the ol' database, and took a look around. Turns out, between the two of us, my husband and I had 227 known relatives living in 1908. Wow!I wonder...
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Behind the Scenes of "Silver and Gold..."
In the comments of my "Silver and gold... on ev'ry Christmas Tree" post, Donna Hague Wendt wondered if I could "describe exactly how [I] made the photos and annotations of [my] Xmas ornaments," and I thought my reply to her would make a great new post for all of my 2 readers...OK, 3 readers. :-)The...
Friday, January 4, 2008
2007 Down and More to Come
Another year has come and gone. It's hard to believe, but I'm happy to report I survived those 365 days relatively unscathed (i.e., no bee stings or snake bites), and here it is, already 4 days into the new year, and a mere 362 left to go (it's a leap year, ya know).The best New Year's resolution I...
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Silver and gold... on ev'ry Christmas Tree
*Warning: Heavy Load Ahead*It's not often we get company out here in the SC backwoods, and no one outside the family ever gets to see our Christmas decorations. And since I don't have any heirloom ornaments, or homespun stories to tell, I thought I would take this opportunity to "show off" some of our...
Your branches green delight us
People, I have fallen behind and I can't catch up!The Christmas holiday is upon us, and I still have a bucket of Halloween candy sitting on my china cabinet. So, in an attempt to bring my inner elf out and up to date, I danced around the house to some holiday tunes today. Not one of which was O Tannenbaum...