Saturday Night Genealogy Fun on Sunday - 29 Aug 2010

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun on Sunday - 29 Aug 2010

Randy Seaver regularly suggests a "Saturnday Night Genealogy Fun" project; for this week:
"Your mission, should you decide to accept it (and I hope that you do... because this one is really cool!), is to:

1) Go to the www.ImageChef.com website and explore their FREE offerings. Click on the "Create" button, or choose to make a slideshow or posters from their main page (there are more than one screen of poster backgrounds).

2) Make one or more posters or other creation - perhaps they relate to genealogy or your own family history. Save them to your computer (right click, Save as Picture for Windows users).

3) Show your creations to us... in your own blog post, on a Facebook post, etc. If you make a really neat one and want to show it to the world but don't have a way to do it, send it to me (rjseaver@cox.net) and I'll show it off for you in a blog post."

Here is the first poster I made:

Thanks for another fun project, Randy!  ;-)


Families are Forever!  ;-)

Contributed Article posted at Examiner.com

I was please to publish an article by Sharleen Reyes: "How-To Preserve Your Family's History" on my Examiner.com - Springfield Genealogy Examiner series at:

http://www.examiner.com/genealogy-in-springfield/how-to-preserve-your-family-s-history-using-available-digital-tools-and-services-springfield-area

Hope you enjoy it, if you hadn't seen it already.

Families are Forever!  ;-)

Follow Friday - 27 Aug 2010

Follow Friday - 27 Aug 2010

My recommendations this week. As usual, I normally pick one or two good posts from my week's readings, or left from the prior week! Hope they are useful or at least interesting to you, as well! If it is your first visit, even better!  ;-)


POST 1:

For those of you seeking to investigate how and where to learn more about genealogy, you may want to follow the relatively new blog by Angela McGhie: Adventures in Genealogy Education

http://genealogyeducation.blogspot.com/


POST 2:

Here is an interesting discussion, worthy of the read, in my opinion. Hope you find it useful:

http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-do-we-know-what-we-know-in-geneaogy.html



Families are Forever!  ;-)

Treasure Chest Thursday - Bill with concrete in wheel barrow

Treasure Chest Thursday

Bill with concrete in wheel barrow

Another old black and white photo - on the farm in Iowa where I grew up. My black and white coat, is was obviously chilly - perhaps 1951. Note in upper left corner, the "family room" has already been added to the house. I got my slide camera in 1952. I'd have been in seventh grade here, most likely, about 13 years old. Concrete in the wheel barrow - Dad would scoop it out and place it. Think next week has another photo of this operation. Outside the barn - looks like it does need some help!  ;-)


Families are Forever!  ;-)

Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - James M Schwyhart family, Stone Co, MO

Wordless (nearly) Wednesday

James M Schwyhart family, Stone Co, MO

about 1900, near present site of Table Rock Lake

Families are Forever!  ;-)

Follow Friday - 20 Aug 2010

Follow Friday - 20 Aug 2010

My recommendations this week. As usual, I normally pick one or two good posts from my week's readings, or left from the prior week! Hope they are useful or at least interesting to you, as well! If it is your first visit, even better!  ;-)


POST 1:

Monday Madness - The Craziest Thing You've Done in the Name of Genealogy?
http://www.thearmchairgenealogist.com/2010/08/monday-madness-craziest-thing-youve.html

Lynn got one comment, surely there are some more good ones out there!
 (a challenge to you, my readers!)


POST 2:

I think the following by DearMYRTLE is something we each need to consider carefully, for each of our functions - she presents an excellent set of examples for our thought/review process, in my opinion!

Life in a cloud: You CAN do it, but SHOULD you?
http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2010/08/life-in-cloud-you-can-do-it-but-should.html





Families are Forever!  ;-)

Treasure Chest Thursday - Buzzie home from Army in Japan

Treasure Chest Thursday

Buzzie home from Army in Japan

Another of these old black and white photos that get more precious as the years go by. This was my uncle (Mom's brother) Edward (Buzzie) KINNICK with his future wife, Colleen DAVIS, upon his return from Japan in early 1948. He served in the U.S. Army occupation forces after WWII. He is still wearing his uniform... sans jacket, of course. I recognize the belt!  ;-)

In addition to the people, of course, the backgrounds of these photos become so much more valuable for dating and remembering our family history. This photo was outside our (Smith) family farm house. A couple of years later, that chimney was removed along with the small porch - and a large additional (New Porch - Family Room) was added - where many of my early color slides were taken: fireplace, bookcases, mahogany decor, large open room!

AND, look at that car!!!  ;-)

Families are Forever!  ;-)