Blogging is an interesting social medium. I must admit that when I first began this little adventure most of my social activity revolved aro...

Christianclipart.com Since I have been encouraging everyone to make a timeline as a visual and mathematical aid for understanding world ...

This past week we finished reading about the life of Abraham. The narrative of his life was quite  dramatic and the drama continued with his...

NOTE!!!!(Feb 17, 2024): I miscalculated how old Terah was when Abram/Abraham was born. He was NOT 70 years old, but was 130 years old. Add 6...

(Important Edit!  Anyone may sign the petition!  You do not need to be a descendant.   Your help is greatly appreciated.) It has recently ...

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12 I keep my religious beliefs separate from my genealo...

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12 Here's one for the genealogist: Live your life ...

Have you ever been to the doctor or the dentist and had him mention something unusual about you? I don't mean that the doc was making fu...

All of my worlds are colliding these days. And that's not always a bad thing. I just finished reading the "She Reads" monthl...

(Or soon will be, anyway.) Nothing cheers me quite like going to the library. AND I'm even happier if I'm there to do a bit of ...

I'm always making lists. And I'm always losing lists that are written on paper. Sometimes I neglect to write everything on the lis...

Evidently more people than I first thought. When a person (specifically, me) writes a blog post it seems so private, like say, to be kept ...

This isn't a genealogy blog. It will never be a genealogy blog. But it is a whatever-is-important-to-me-at-the moment kind of blog. It...

The verse this week to highlight was taken from Ephesians 1:11. I chose to do a brief family tree to show that I am thankful to have a herit...

I'm confused! I know that isn't an uncommon occurrence but I'm really confused now.  Why do people participate in DNA studies...

Remember this post from over 2 years ago where I told about the DNA test my dad had taken in the hopes of advancing our genealogy research? ...

Do you speak the same language as your ancestors? Before you answer too quickly let me clarify my question. I'm not talking about a fore...

One of the hardest things I've ever had to do as a Daughters of the American Revolution chapter registrar or lineage research liaison is...

How well do you know your neighbors? Even if you are fairly well acquainted chances are that you are not related to them. Such was not the c...

I often do genealogy research for others. Until recently, this has been as an unpaid volunteer helping people obtain membership in lineage s...