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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Inspiration comes in unexpected ways and forms

A long time between postings, but here I am....inspired by this:  www.greatpoetrymhf.wordpress.com
I can say I had a hard winter healthwise, or that I have been so busy with helping others with their genealogy, or, now that I'm feeling better I'm gettin getting out more, and they would all be right reasons for not keeping up with this blog.  If you are reading this, thank you, dear reader (Stephen King quote) for your loyalty.  Now I'm going to pick up my iPad and play Scrabble online with my friends.  Life is really, really good - especially the days when someone inspires me.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Presentation at Lethbridge Genealogical Society

What is this building in Lethbridge and what is its history? Please feel free to comment.

What a great experience!!  I have given many classes as an English professor and presentations in genealogical research and social media, and this was one of the most fulfilling ones.  It was the participation of the audience - asking questions as we went along and wanting to know things that I had not put into the presentation - that kept me on my toes and helped me engage, not only with the audience, but with my own presentation.


The Lethbridge Genealogical Society  http://lethbridgeags.theboss.net/ is part of the Alberta Genealogical Society (AGS) based in Edmonton.  
Their website is:  http://www.abgensoc.ca/


Saturday, January 12, 2013

Lethbridge & District Branch
Alberta Genealogical Society

NEXT MEETING

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17 Jan 2013

How to Start a Blog

with

Sharon Daniels
 

 

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

This is the Cardston, Alberta, Canada Temple where LDS members go to perform ordinances for their ancestors.  It was such a beautiful Fall day and my iPhone was at the ready.

Have been working on new and exciting projects on FamilySearch.org - so much so that I haven't been making time for my own ancestors.  So, I've decided to take a Sabbath from "work" and concentrate for one day per week on getting my family tree in order.  There re so many leaves on my ancestry.com tree that i\ could start a whole forest.

Last week, as a support agent for FamilySearch, I was able to help two people by giving them the site for Canadian Adoption Registry (because FamilySearch doesn't look for living people, but we can help people find their ancestry/roots)  The URL for the site is: http://www.canadianadopteesregistry.org/   You can register your name if you are looking for a birth parent or a child and, if the other party registers too, they can match you up and call the other person and give non-identifying information (you have given permission).  They also offer counseling services.  I went through them to find my birth family and my son and it worked!  :)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Affiliate Records and Images, BillionGraves Index http://goo.gl/OVw7C #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, England, Kent, Register of Electors, 1570-1907 http://goo.gl/DSPTR #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, England, Kent, Workhouse Records, 1777-1911 http://goo.gl/53sS9 #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Luxembourg, Notarial Records, 1621-1821 http://goo.gl/lu3BN #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Moldova, Poll Tax Census (Revision Lists) and Census Lists 1796-1917 http://goo.gl/NwT1a #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950  http://goo.gl/1HJNs #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Index Records, Iowa State Census, 1895 http://goo.gl/u1vft #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints, Images and Records, North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979  http://goo.gl/f5fyf #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Image, California, County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1994 http://goo.gl/znU4w #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941 http://goo.gl/43fDe #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Czech Republic, Censuses, 1843-1921 http://goo.gl/lYxaX #Genealogy, Click on Learn More
[12:44:05 PM] Elder P.J. (Peter) Sachs: FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Tennessee, White County Records, 1809-1975 http://goo.gl/K7eIl #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Germany, Hessen, Civil Registration, 1874-1927 http://goo.gl/6QeCj #Genealogy, Click on Learn More    

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950 http://goo.gl/n3XV6 #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Netherlands, Noord-Brabant Province, Church Records, 1473-1909 http://goo.gl/N9tMb #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Netherlands Census and Population Registers, 1645-1940 http://goo.gl/oYZki #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Boyolali, Naturalization and Citizenship Records, 1960-2011 http://goo.gl/ylxfr #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Purwokerto, Naturalization Records, 1950-2012 http://goo.gl/n0Qo5 #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Italy, Ancona, Ancona, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862-1929 http://goo.gl/Grhhl #Genealogy, Click on Learn More 

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Italy, Bari, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1908 http://goo.gl/aTT6t #Genealogy, Click on Learn More    

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 http://goo.gl/4YUyh #Genealogy, Click on Learn More 

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Spain, Province of Lérida, Municipal Records, 1319-1940 http://goo.gl/SDOhs #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Spain, Province of Málaga, Municipal Records, 1842-1925 http://goo.gl/hkiZy #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, NEW COLLECTION, Added Waypoints and Images, Brazil, São Paulo, Immigrant Hostelry Records, 1882-1925 http://goo.gl/ytAeq #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Records and Affiliate Image Links, West Virginia, Births, 1853-1930 http://goo.gl/nDrAA #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Legacy Collection Republished due to Record Relocate, West Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1928 http://goo.gl/2qIZ2 #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, New York, Orange County Probate Records, 1787-1938 http://goo.gl/HGkxX #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Washington, County Land Records, 1850-1954 http://goo.gl/jMDbJ #Genealogy, Click on Learn More    

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Corrected Waypoints, Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941 http://goo.gl/y2vTZ #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Spain, Province of Barcelona, Municipal Records, 1583-1936 http://goo.gl/dX5va #Genealogy, Click on Learn More   

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Images and Records, Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 http://goo.gl/wYN91 #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, India, Hindu Pilgrimage Records, 1194-2012 http://goo.gl/uamXX #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, China, Collection of Genealogies, 1500-2010 http://goo.gl/lIR7X #Genealogy, Click on Learn More

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

(*) NEW AND UPDATED COLLECTIONS (*)
17 Sep 2012
-Cote d'Ivoire, Electoral Registers - Added Waypoints and Images NEW COLLECTION
-Italy, Pescara, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1942 - Added Waypoints and Images  
- Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1887 - Added Waypoints and Images NEW COLLECTION
- Montana, Cascade County Records,1500-2002 - Added Waypoints and Images  
- Austria, Seigniorial Records,1537-1888 - Added Waypoints and Images

Monday, September 17, 2012

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Ohio, Jefferson County Court Records, 1797-1940 http://goo.gl/TVtqg #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Maryland, Register of Wills Books, 1629-1983 http://goo.gl/y0Gdg #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Texas Deaths, 1977-1986 http://goo.gl/6Hret #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Spain, Province of Sevilla, Municipal Records, 1903-1918 http://goo.gl/umBVE #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Spain, Cádiz, Testaments, 1550-1920 http://goo.gl/BHr5N #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Portugal, Diocese of Vila Real, Catholic Church Records, 1575-1975 http://goo.gl/wt4t7 #Genealogy, Click on Learn More 

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, New Zealand, Probate Records, 1878-1960 http://goo.gl/mZu3u #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006 http://goo.gl/Rc0yF #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1600-2010 http://goo.gl/S2Tvt #Genealogy, Click on Learn More 
FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration, 1890-2012 http://goo.gl/JVmBf #Genealogy, Click on Learn More 

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1890-1980 http://goo.gl/e9UCl #Genealogy, Click on Learn More  

FamilySearch, Historical Records, Added Waypoints and Images, Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 http://goo.gl/rJbLT #Genealogy, Click on Learn More