Lacie's Genealogy Blog

It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!   Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1)  We sometimes find we have questions we would love to discuss with our ancestors - the who, what, when, why and how questions that might help with our genealogy research. 2)  Which ancestors would you like to talk to?  What questions would you ask?   3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a post on Facebook. There are so many ancestors I would love to talk to, but I will only list my top 5 ancestors. 💗 1)   My first choice would be my great-grandmother, Clara Loretta Scott Armstead (1904-1998). I would ask her what her biological mother's name is, the reasoning behind why her brothers were placed in an orphanage, and why her ex-husband, Anthony Tony Armstead, was abusive toward her sons and possibly ...

It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!   Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1)  Think about the games that your whole family would play when you were a child.  2)  Tell us about one (or more) of them - what was it called, what were the rules (as you remember them), who played the game, where did you play the game, who usually won? 3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a post on Facebook. I know that we had a few family game nights, but it wasn’t often. My oldest sister and I are nine years apart, so my parents probably got a lot of time to play games with her.  My brother, twin sister and I would play card games which include, War, Old Maid, and Gold Fish together. My brother taught us how to play these games. I believe my brother won most of the games because he had more experience. ...

During the times that we are living in now, we are not able to see friends and relatives physically, but we can view them virtually. This program isn't   new to many fellow family historians or genealogists but much so for families getting used to this new normal. There are other ways to communicate with others, such as Skype, Portal, FaceTime, Google Duo, etc. If you have attended any genealogical webinar, seminars, or meetings, then you might be familiar with web-conferencing programs like  Zoom and GotoWebinar. For example, if you are going to attend a live webinar on Legacy Family Tree Webinars, you first have to sign up by entering your first and last name, email, and time zone. An email will be sent to you detailing the time in which a webinar will start and the link. 1. Zoom There is a FREE and a paid version. The free version can have up to 100 people in a session. There are 3 different payment plans with various options and features. You ...