Hi everyone! I just wanted to post a quick news bits item. About.com has their Genealogy Readers’ Choice Awards 2013 available for you to vote on. I just finished my voting for today and am excited to see what the final results are! Voting is open now until midnight (EST) on March 19, 2012 according to […]
You can help with the indexing of the 1940 Census by joining the 1940 US Census Community Project. I’m indexing and can’t wait to start working on it. Are you helping index the 1940 Census? I’m not in it, but are you? Are your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents in it? My dad is in it, along with […]
This past Sunday was an exceptional day for me. As a mother of a teenage daughter, it is rare for me to get truly “Me” time. Don’t get me wrong, I love my daughter and my husband, but it has been a while since I had “Me” time. This past Sunday the planets aligned. […]
Happy Anniversary and Valentine’s Day to my grandparents, Tiburcio and Vicenta Luna. Tiburcio and Vicenta Luna (Used with permission) When I obtained a copy of my grandfather’s Immigration file from the INS about 10 years ago, I found out that my grandfather had married my grandmother on Feburary 14, 1918. Happy Valentine’s Day and […]
I made it into Pro Gen 15!! Starting tomorrow, I will embark on a focused genealogy journey to learn how to be a more professional genealogist! I can’t wait to start. It’s like that commercial where I am standing at the glass door looking in, saying “Open!” “Open!” “Open!” I will post more about my […]