Lacie's Genealogy Blog

As the year comes to a close, I want to share what 2019 was like for me.  Source: Pixabay This year has been filled with many successes and discoveries. I launched my blog- I wanted to start a blog back in 2017/8. This year, I took the plunge and I did it. Blog series:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks-  I didn't do so well on this, but hopefully next year will be better. Best of Genea-Blogs post - My post was featured on Genea-Musings. I was so excited. I never would have expected one of my posts to be on a big named Genea-Blogger. Randy Seaver, if you reading this, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I wish I could meet you one day. A possible lead to find my 3rd great-grandmother's parents.   Even likely DNA matches on my mom's and aunts match page. I have to make a post about it next year. Trying to prove my great-grandmother's relation to Rosa Mott. Though I didn't achieve this goal, this year, I made progress. Here is  ...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more   Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!): 1)  What genea-gift did Genea-Santa bring you and/or your family this Christmas season? 2)  Tell us in a comment to this blog post, in your own blog post, in a Facebook post, and be sure to leave a link to your post. This Christmas, Genea-Santa brought me BOOKS. Can a family historian have too many books? I received a few books.  They are Genealogy Standards- 2nd Edition, How to Archive Family Photos, The FT Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, Evidence Explained- 4th Edition, and Vestal (Images of America). I will be doing a review on them in the coming weeks. Thanks, Genea- Santa.

Recently, I began plotting my great-grandfather's movements in Brooklyn as well as his siblings. I wanted to see how closely each of them lived from one another. If you recall this topic, you might remember the 52 Ancestors post  that I did. To create your own map, go to Google MyMaps . Make sure to login to your Google account. Start by adding a layer (s) and icons. You can even add a description to the icons too. For example, if you want to create a family trip, you want to add lines to include one place to another. Color-coding the residences helps me distinguish which sibling I am looking at and to calculate the proximity of a location if one or more of them move to a different home or apartment. Using Brooklyn City Directories and census records , I was able to find residences for 2 out of the 5 siblings. Color-coding the residences helps me distinguish, which  There is still a lot of work to be done, but so far, it's a good start. What other u...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more   Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!): 1)  Many of us believing in Santa Claus as children, having a Christmas tree, going to church, and visiting relatives and friends at Christmas time. 2)  Tell us your "best" Christmas memory - what Christmas holiday event is still vivid and real in your mind? 3)  Share it in a blog post of your own, in a Facebook post.  Please leave a comment here so we can all read about your memory Here's mine: I have many Christmas memories. On Christmas Day, when I was in 1st grade, I remember receiving my first Lego set. My love for LEGO grew from there. That same day, I got a baby doll. I was just beginning to learn how to change a diaper and to feed...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more   Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!): Back in 2013, Leslie Ann had a post on her  Ancestors Live Here  blog titled  Wordless Wednesday -- Surname Christmas Tree  which I thought was a great idea for an SNGF challenge on a Surname Saturday.  We did it in  2018 last - see here!   Are you game? 1)  Read Leslie Ann's post, and figure out how you could make something similar to hers, or to mine below, or even something different.   2)  Make your Surname Christmas Tree using your ancestral surnames - there's no limit on the number of surnames - and decorate your tree as you wish.   3)  Show us your Surname Christmas Tree and t...