Only five more hours! :D

Only. *grin*

When I was a kid, my grandmother used to get annoyed by me saying "only."

"But Grandma, it's only fifty dollars!"
"But Grandma... I've only had three popsicles."

I miss her. She passed away fifteen years ago. I'd give anything to have only one more day with her.

There are many people who research their family history for medical purposes. Knowing if diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease run in your family can be immensely useful information to protect yourself.

There are even programs out there that will help you keep track of this information. GeneWeaver is a program made specifically for ( Read more... )

Only six hours left. :D

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The number of bloggers is still dropping, but the pledge amount is rapidly approaching 100,000. :D ( Read more... )

People join genealogical societies for different reasons: the benefits they offer, the group projects, or that sense of being part of a group that understands your obsession with genealogy. ;) Most societies have a small membership fee to pay when you join, but it’s usually more than worth what you’ll get back from being part of the group. These ( Read more... )

I think I may go take a quick cold shower in a little while to wake up a bit more. I'm feeling awfully stiff from sitting in this computer chair for all these hours. It's time like these I wish I had a laptop ( Read more... )

Volunteers are a very large part of most people's genealogical research. As I’ve mentioned before, it is sometimes hard to physically go to the area where your ancestors lived. Fortunately, there are many, many volunteers around the world who are more than happy to assist you in your research, from looking up obituaries in local newspapers, to ( Read more... )

It appears the severe weather alert has been called off for now. I don't hear thunder anymore and the lights have stopped flickering. I'm so very glad for that ( Read more... )

Do you have home videos stored away in your house, but haven’t had a device that plays those formats in years? Maybe it’s time to transfer them over to DVDs. For the best quality it would be ideal to have them done by a professional, but you can certainly do it yourself with the right equipment. They now have DVD/VCR players where you can put a ( Read more... )

Eeep. I can hear thunder in the distance and our lights are starting to flicker a little bit. I hope we don't lose power. I just looked at the weather page and it says ( Read more... )

There are several common genealogy myths that people are only too happy to believe and perpetuate. This is one of the aspects of genealogy that really gets on my nerves. Especially due to people on my husband's side of the family who insist that in their cases these "really are true!" *rolls eyes*

This is one of my favorite articles about ( Read more... )