Lacie's Genealogy Blog

  Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. Here's your chance to sit on Genea-Santa's lap (virtually) and tell him your Christmas genealogy-oriented wish list: 1) Write your 2020 Genea-Santa letter. Have you been a good genealogy girl or boy? What genealogy-oriented items are on your Christmas wish list? They could be family history items, technology items, or things that you want to pursue in your ancestral quest. 2) Tell us about them in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post.  Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post. Dear Genea-Santa, I have been a good genea-girl this year. I have written blog posts giving tips regarding genealogy research. I have added more names, facts, notes, and sources to my new database.   Thank you for the boo...

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...

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)  Only 25 Days until Christmas now!  Have you been a good genea-boy or genea-girl?   2)  What gift should Genea-Santa bring you for Christmas?  What do you need, or want, to help you with your family history, your research, etc.? 3)  Tell us in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or on Facebook. Please leave a comment with a link to your blog post.  I have been a good genea-girl.  I hope Santa brings me more books. Specifically, books about towns and or towns. Images of America would be nice to have. The Genealogy Standards 2nd Edition and Blaine Bettinger's DNA Guide book would go in handy too.  Se...