GRADUATION!!

Well, Stewart is working hard on publicity for his book and writing, as authors usually do.  As for me, I graduated today from my 5-week training in Family History.  I will be helping people view images on www.familysearch.org and helping correct records.  I am in the Historical Records department and work from home (volunteer) on the computer.  I'm really enjoying this.  Other adventures have happened too.  Have to tell you another time.  Now that training is over, my time is a little more flexible, so I can post.  See you soon.

FH Conference and another Relative Surfaces

Today I went to the Lethbridge Family History Center's October Conference.  I gave a presentation on How to Start a Blog and I names Blogger as the most user-friendly.  Then I went to classes all day and a lovely lunch with friends supplied.     I learned about Scottish genealogy searches and German searches (important here - DON"T start with NAMES - you need to start with PLACE - as exact as possible - and that Germany changed hands, and therefore names, very, very often.  I also learned a lot about being careful to look for documentation when using family trees for sources.   One class I took was about immigration to Canadaa from different countries.  There were 47 classes available within the two-day conference, but I was only available to go for one day, as Friday I was busy in training for FamilySearch Support Services.

I received a call on thursday from another relative who lives in British Columbia who had seen the McCawsCometoLife blog and wanted to know how we connected in the tree.  I was able to help with that and she in turn shared information with me.  Isn't the internet a wonderful thing???

Local Paper and Stewart's memoirs

P.S.

An added note:  Stewart's book:  Galloping to Space is also available at http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/

Galloping to Space

Good morning one and all.  (I know who the all are, but have no idea who the "one" is.  Are you the one?)  Stewart's book is on the shelves!!  It can be bought online at amazon.com, chapters indigo.com (.ca), Towrs, and in local bookstores (not sure which wones.)  It is also available as an Ebook on those sites.

STILL LEARNING

i CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A WHOLE WEEK ALREADY!  i'M GETTTING THE HANG OF IT, SO i WILL BE POSTING REGULARLY FROM NOW ON. Everygthing I am learning is about familysearch.or and it's offshoots.  There are many learning resources for the public as well.  There are PowerPoint presentations that clearly explaain how to start your family tree and, for more experienced researchers, how to search the Wiki.  If you want to know more, go to www.familysearch.org and click on Learn at the top.  I will share what I have learned with you, esp. if someone comments that they are hitting a brick wall.    Here is a link to the Wiki article on the vault that houses the microfilms that are being digitized. Granite Mountain and here is a link to one of the YouTube videos about how records are being digitized.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYkLKAPzCfQ