Today through Sunday, Legacy Family Tree Webinars is holding a free access weekend. I am a member of this site, and enjoy listening to their webinars when I get the chance. I have specifically recommended some of their webinars on this blog. Lots of great content here. The BCG lectures are great, lots of good… Continue reading Free Access to Legacy Family Tree Webinars this Weekend
Category: General Genealogy
My Heritage Book by kidsHeritage
My Heritage Book is a customizable book for children that teaches them about their countries of origin. From the book's creators: It's a super fun, educational, award-winning, and personalized children's book that celebrates your child's heritage. It takes families on a wonderful journey into their pasts, while exploring their origins. It's a true gift to… Continue reading My Heritage Book by kidsHeritage
Join a Lineage Society to Preserve Your Research
Over a lifetime, you may discover a great deal of information about your family. How are you going to preserve it? We can post our trees online, but will that information still be there in many years? You can ask your family to donate it, but will a library or society want what you have… Continue reading Join a Lineage Society to Preserve Your Research
How to Make a Shutterfly Book from a PowerPoint Presentation
This month I turned a PowerPoint booklet about my husband's genealogy into a Shutterfly book. You can see a copy of it here. I learned some tricks while doing this, so I am sharing them here. I am starting with a PowerPoint booklet with a title slide, content slides with page numbers starting at 1 after… Continue reading How to Make a Shutterfly Book from a PowerPoint Presentation
Michael Lacopo Speaking at the Sacramento German Genealogy Society Spring Seminar on April 8th
Michael Lacopo will be giving four lectures at the Sacramento German Genealogy Society (SGGS) Seminar in a few weeks, on April 8th. Two of his lectures will be on DNA and two will be on German-American research. More details about the event are at the SGGS website here. Dr. Lacopo is a great lecturer, and wrote the great… Continue reading Michael Lacopo Speaking at the Sacramento German Genealogy Society Spring Seminar on April 8th
In Memory of My Father, Disabled Veterans Home
I often associate my love of genealogy with my father. He was a computer guy, and bought me my first Family Tree Maker program. He took my siblings and me to see his hometown in the Central Valley, where we saw places where our relatives used to live and work, collected vital records downtown, and… Continue reading In Memory of My Father, Disabled Veterans Home
How to Make a Suggestion for Ancestry.com
Did you know that Ancestry.com has a Suggestion Box? It seems a bit hidden on their site, so I thought I would point it out. Start here: http://www.ancestry.com/cs/suggestions Go to this page to make a suggestions about DNA, Trees, Records, or any of a number of topics. Give your feedback and help them improve the site for all… Continue reading How to Make a Suggestion for Ancestry.com
The “Veterans History Project” at the Library of Congress, and Great Questions to ask in a Veteran Interview
Today I found out about a great project at the Library of Congress called the "Veterans History Project." The Project began in 2000. The goal of the project is collect information from U.S. wartime veterans and certain civilians involved in the war effort (further details about the wars of interest and types of civilian positions are here). The… Continue reading The “Veterans History Project” at the Library of Congress, and Great Questions to ask in a Veteran Interview
New Season of Who Do You Think You Are? Coming
Exciting! TLC will be showing a new season of Who Do You Think You Are? starting next month. The premier is scheduled for the night of Sunday, March 5, at 10/9c. According to the announcement at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, citing TLC, the celebrities in this season include: Jessica Biel Julie Bowen Courteney Cox Jennifer Grey… Continue reading New Season of Who Do You Think You Are? Coming
How to Make a Family History Booklet
This weekend I finally finished writing a family history booklet on my husband's Norwegian ancestry. (You can see it here: Ancestry of the Olaf and Peggy (Pederson) Johnson Family of Spring Brook Township, Minnesota.) I also just watched the BCG-sponsored lecture "Writing Up Your Research" by Michael Leclerc, CG. Here is what I have learned in… Continue reading How to Make a Family History Booklet
Liane Jensen Research 