RootsTech is a great genealogy education experience, and it's free! This year RootsTech runs from Thursday, March 3rd, until Saturday, March 5th. Register online here : Home • RootsTech 2022 • FamilySearch In addition to all the great content, many people like to connect with cousins at RootsTech. If you haven't yet, do consider starting… Continue reading RootsTech 2022
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RootsTech 2020
RootsTech, one of the major genealogy conferences of the year, is coming up next week. Many lectures will be streamed online for free. The schedule for free sessions is up: RootsTech 2020 Free Livestream Schedule. Lectures begin Wednesday, February 26th, at 8am Mountain Time. Lectures are streamed Wednesday through Saturday. There is also an option… Continue reading RootsTech 2020
Remembering on Memorial Day
Today I attended a Memorial Day ceremony in my hometown. One of the speakers at the ceremony mentioned that many people think of Memorial Day as merely a good day for a barbecue. Barbecues are great, but it is also important to think about the reason for this holiday. Memorial Day is a day to remember… Continue reading Remembering on Memorial Day
How to Add an Embedded PDF in WordPress Without a Plugin
This week I hunted around on the internet and discovered how to embed a PDF file in WordPress without using a special plugin to do it. You can see how it turns out here. This method will work with other file types like Word documents as well. Here's how I did it. First, set up… Continue reading How to Add an Embedded PDF in WordPress Without a Plugin
So-Cal Jamboree Early Registration Ends Today
The yearly Southern California Genealogy Jamboree is a fantastic event. Especially since most of the major conferences don't come to the West coast, this is a great chance to see great speakers and meet other genealogy enthusiasts. This year the main conference is being held as usual in Burbank (with easy access to the Burbank… Continue reading So-Cal Jamboree Early Registration Ends Today
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
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 Photo Book for a Relative with Memory Loss
This week my grandmother received a photo book that my brother and I designed for her. She suffers from memory loss, and my grandfather hopes that seeing pictures of us will help her understand who we are. Below I have outlined the steps we took to create the book for her. We designed a 20-page… Continue reading How to Make a Photo Book for a Relative with Memory Loss
The First Post
I have loved genealogy and history since childhood. When I was a girl the American Girl books and dolls came out. I fondly remember reading Meet Kirsten with my grandfather at his home in Florida. As we read the book, he told me the story of how his grandmother came to America on a similar journey.… Continue reading The First Post
Liane Jensen Research 