The tree that best exemplifies my family research is the holly tree. No, make that THE holly tree. Not just any holly tree, but the holly ...

Last Sunday I wrote a post on “My Top 5 Genealogy Research Books.” Three of them are books I use to find resources and plan research projec...

I was going to write a modest little piece on the modest little set of technology that I use for genealogy. Well, I  am still going to do t...

(Our Special Reporter is reporting on the Fourth Annual iGene Awards ceremony. This Fab Event, which is just one part of the Mega-Event kn...

The topic for the 101st edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is: My genealogy research/writing plan for 2011 . Figure out what you think you...

My recent research on three of my main family lines, carried out with the help of cousins, has been a lot of fun. In addition to the usual ...

Lizzie with husband Hiram Brinlee, Jr. and sons Odell and Austin ca 1918 (courtesy of Edna S.) Up until the time when Lizzie Smith Bonner ma...

So little time, so much to do. That’s the first thought that occurs to me as I reflect on the accomplishments and shortcomings of the past...

We can't go into the Christmas holiday without our genealogy wish lists for Genea-Santa!!! So write up a list of what you'd like Gen...

As I suspected, there is at least one “Orphans and Orphans” post I missed, and it has several intriguing twists, so you won’t want to miss t...

Many thanks to Jasia for all her encouragement and to footnote Maven for coming up with another wonderful COG poster. Welcome to the 85th ...

Since the blog carnival website has been down and I may have to spend time "scooping up" any articles that did not get submitted v...

As far as I can tell, the Carnival submission site is still not working. I have received several e-mails from people who have received no c...

just send me a note (by e-mail using the Contact button at the left or in a comment on this article) with the URL for your blog and I'll...

(Many thanks to footnote Maven for once again creating the perfect poster for the subject of the Carnival of Genealogy.) I am thrilled to b...

The following post is submitted for the 84th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy , hosted by Jasia at Creative Gene . The first Carnival of...