World boundary changes
Check out Gapminder’s full video on all the boundary changes overtime. It is insane! The documents of the history and abbreviations used in the timelapse video can be found here and in the information...
Category: Research
Unique family trees
Just as every chick and tree are different, so are each of our family trees. And for a lot of different reasons. Sometimes the unsolvable, really isn’t solvable and sometimes it takes more time,...
Long lost Montana family
John Talmage has been lost to his family since 1894. My husband really wanted to try to find him. We are definitely not the first to try, but I was excited that he was...
Birds Eye View: Time, Skill, Money
If you were looking or flying over your chicken coop, the longer you look, the more repairs, upkeep, enhancements, dreams you could add to improve your situation. Time, skill and money may be...
FAN
On a hot day, fans can definitely get the air moving which can be a great relief to chickens in a stuffy building. When it comes to family, FAN Research stands for Family, Acquaintances...
Scratch that, too
(Continued list from the Rookie Mistakes) Click here for Part one: Scratch that Don’t look for Hidden relatives, neighbors- I had looked at a census dozens of times, but it wasn’t until my daughter...
Scratch that
By now, we know we all make mistakes, right? Here are some common errors that FamilySearch recently posted. And I am guilty of many of these… Focus solely on individual: Family members, Associates and...
Searching for Polly
It was a shot in the dark and it is paying off! My ancestor Polly was a member of the Christian church as her son John Streeter Gleason mentioned in his biography and the...
