My Margarine Cousin from Idaho
Speaking in public about your most notorious ancestors turns out to be the best kind of cousin bait ever! Continue reading
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Margarine Moonshiner Alert!
My first talk solely about “The Margarine Moonshiners from Minsk,” my ancestors incarcerated for selling margarine as butter, is on Tuesday! Continue reading
What We Can Learn from Socrates About Oral History
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The development of writing millennia ago changed oral history in ways we still see reflected today. Continue reading
Moonwalking with our Ancestors
Moonwalking with Einstein explores how individuals can do a better job of remembering — important lessons for us family historians! Continue reading
Treelines on the Move from Pittsburgh to Burbank
SCGS 2014, which starts today, caps a few weeks of research and travel. Continue reading
Treelines on the Move from Ellis Island to Richmond, VA
After speaking at a wonderful immigration event on Ellis Island, I’m gearing up for a number of exciting talks in the coming weeks. Continue reading
The Four Sons
“The Bible speaks about four sons: one wise, one wicked, one simple, & one who doesn’t know how to ask.” How to answer them? Continue reading
Genealogy Industry Report Card on the Heartbleed Security Flaw
Have the genealogy industry websites fixed the serious security bug announced this week? Read who has and who hasn’t. Continue reading
Timeline Creation Applications: Free Webinar Today
Dear friends, I sure hope third time’s the charm, because today is supposed to be my Timeline Creation Applications class, presented through the Southern California Genealogical Society’s webinar series. The explanatory timeline above shows how bugs affected first the webinar … Continue reading
In Defense of Genealogy as a Hobby
Experts who claim there is only way to do genealogy misrepresent what genealogy is all about. Continue reading