Resolutions

res o lu tion (noun)A resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.The act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.The mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.A solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc. [1]
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All I Want for Christmas Is…

…Three Wishes!
Dear Genea-Santa:
Before I give you my wish list, I want to thank you for all the goodies you’ve sent my way in 2008. It’s probably been the best year of discoveries ever, since I started on this incredible journey, many years ago! This year has brought several large boxes’ worth of family [...]

This and That

Oh, Baby! The footnoteMaven has published the 7th Edition of the “I Smile for the Camera” Carnival at her digital publication site, Shades of the Departed. From babies on bearskins to twin babes to favorite snaps of grandbabies, this edition features 44 submissions from 43 bloggers, and is a sure winner!
“The word prompt for the [...]

This, That, and Much More!

Having blogged very little in the past week, there’s a lot of catching up to do!
Genea-Blogs:Scanfest was done in two sections last Sunday. A group of us met via Windows Live Messenger and chatted there, while others met with Thomas using Skype for a conference call. There were a few who went back [...]

The 56th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy (Parts I and II) Has Been Posted

Poster courtesy footnoteMaven

Lori Thornton of Smoky Mountain Family Historian has just posted Part I and Part II of the 56th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. Lori is a librarian, so it comes as no surprise that the topic of this edition was “Ten Essential Books in My Genealogy Library.” She’s divided up [...]

Miriam’s Ten Essential Genealogy Books

For the 56th Carnival of Genealogy, we have been asked to name the top ten books in our personal genealogy libraries. My list includes those I use on a regular basis either for personal research or for my teachings and presentations, but does not include those I consider essential yet are merely on my [...]

This and That

This past week I took a break from blogging, and simply enjoyed being a reader instead. One of the things I like about Google Reader is that, unlike a lot of my Google applications, I can access it at work during my break or lunchtime (the public school’s browser filters are naturally very strong, [...]

September Is…

…Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15)
September 1: Labor Day (United States)Labour Day (Canada)(“Labor Day and Ancestral Occupations” by Carolyn L. Barkley)
September 1: Ramadan begins
September 7: National Grandparents’ Day (U.S. and Canada)Father’s Day (Australia and New Zealand)
September 11: Patriot Day (United States)
September 15: Independence Day(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
September 16: Independence [...]

The 54th Carnival of Genealogy is Posted!

poster courtesy of footnoteMaven

I was offline for most of the past week, but I wanted to highlight to those few of my readers who do not read other genealogy blogs that the 54th Carnival of Genealogy was posted earlier this week. Donna Pointkouski of What’s Past is Prologue was the guest host for this [...]

Our Family Language

Every family has its own unique language, words and phrases that have been passed down through the generations from the Old Country and influenced by the dialects and idioms of the various regions that family lived in once they arrived in North America.
I can think of two phrases that were used frequently when I was [...]