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This month is the anniversary of a dear genealogy friend’s death. Ann was the consummate genealogist…. the sort who speaks up in a stalled elevator, “Anybody researching the Miller family?” Ann died quite unexpectedly of a blood clot from her Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek
It’s been beastly hot across America for all of us so I thought a snowy-December photo of Salt Lake might be refreshing. This view is to the north from a window in the Plaza…… the “big white roof” is Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………… Week’s Peek
I’ve been thinking lately about OLD vs. NEW. Take telephones for instance. In a very short 100 years (give or take) think how far the telephone has come both in design, availability and capability. Remember how far-fetched Dick Tracy’s watch/telephone Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………………… Week’s Peek
This is our very own Christmas Tour Santa, Larry from Iowa. And I assure you that he is jolly and smiling most of the time! Must have caught him in a no-cookie moment……. but we love our Santa Larry! Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………………… Week’s Peek
With his “peek” I want to talk directly to YOU………. you who have come on the tour and are not on my weekly email update newsletter (Mother Hen’s Monday Musings) and you who are thinking about coming on the tour Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek
The Salt Lake Christmas Tour has partnered with the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel to offer a Salt Lake Christmas Tour as one of the FGS Conference Grand Prizes this year. Attendees at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Fort Continue reading Full “Salt Lake Christmas Tour” to Be Given as a Grand Prize at the FGS Conference in Fort Wayne
Hallelujah and hooray, I think I’ve convinced a friend to join the Salt Lake Christmas Tour this coming December! Her name is Sandy and she’s from Florida………… remember her beautiful face to say hello when you meet her. Yes, she Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek
This is me last February at the FindMyPast booth at RootsTech………… I was super excited because I had just connected with a phone call to an ancestor!!! Don’t I look happy??? Yah, right, you’re saying. And of course you Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek
Had a nice “family” reunion with Melonie Liening at the recent Washington State Genealogical Society (WSGS) conference. I came south from Spokane to Yakima and she came north from Tacoma; Yakima is about mid-state. It was a great conference Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek
We all…….. you all…… need to know about JSTOR because you can use this libraries-only database from the Family History Library. Internet Genealogy magazine (June-July 2013 issue…… www.internet-genealogy.com ) carried a great explanatory article about this website. I quote Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……………. Week’s Peek
Last May 2013, Maureen MacDonald and I were lucky girls and got to spend a couple of days at “HistGen” or the New England Historical Genealogical Society’s library in Boston, Massachusetts. (We were double lucky because it Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour Week’s Peek……………..
Ever heard of Mourning Rings? Not morning rings but mourning rings……. memorial rings given to commemorate a deceased relative, close friend or historical figure. Do a search on Google Images and you’ll see hundreds of different Mourning Rings (some are for sale). Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………. Week’s Peek
On this Memorial Day Weekend, flowers are a part of our remembering. We love to visit cemeteries over this weekend and see the proud American flags and the sea of flowers. Speaking of flowers, did you realize that over 50-some Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………… Week’s Peek
Have any of you heard of this project? Their stated goal is “to study the surnames, families, clans, of the people of Ulster and their descendants throughout the Diaspora. Another goal is to allow Ulster descendants in the Diaspora to Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………… Week’s Peek
This is not my William Nelson (who came in the ship Fortune to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621), but I imagine he might have looked quite like this. Just like folks living today, William saw himself in General Court in Plymouth in Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek