Ancestry.com has created a number of new Webinars - all of the ones available are listed here. All Webinars are free to anyone - you don't have to be an Ancestry subscriber.
The upcoming Webinars that you can participate in (you do have to register) include:
* June 10, 2008 8:00 PM EDT - German Ancestry - Part of the Ethnic Ancestry Seminar Series
* June 17, 2008 8:00 PM EDT - Irish Ancestry - Part of the Ethnic Ancestry Seminar Series
* June 24, 2008 8:00 PM EDT - Polish Ancestry - Part of the Ethnic Ancestry Seminar Series
* July 1, 2008 8:00 PM EDT - Italian Ancestry - Part of the Ethnic Ancestry Seminar Series
The Archived Webinar videos can be viewed any time, you just can't participate in the Webinar. The recently archived Webinars include:
* New Enhancements to FTM 2008 (presented June 5, 2008)
* English Ancestry (presented June 3, 2008)
* Introduction to Family Trees on Ancestry (presented May 27, 2008)
In the past, I've found that these Webinars are informative and helpful, especially for someone trying to learn more about the subject.
Each Webinar is presented as a Powerpoint slide show with voice audible as the slides are presented. You can download the slides in a PDF file, but then you lose the voice information that can be very helpful.
Hat tip to Miriam Midkiff for the links.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
CVGS in the News
The June 7, 2008 edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune has a long article about the Chula Vista Genealogical Society activities and some family history information from several members. The article is titled "Genealogical sleuths search for the facts of individual lives" by Michelle Ganon, and it was published on Page 1 of the Our South County section, with a continuation on page 3. The article includes two pictures of our May program speaker, Jackie Webster, who spoke on "Scottish Research."
The article, without the photographs, can be read here. I'm not sure how long it will stay on the web site.
Here are photographs of the two pages with the article.
The reporter, Michelle Ganon, contacted me by phone about two weeks ago, and sent me a list of questions by email. I responded to them, and invited her to attend our meeting on Wednesday, 30 May, to interview some of our members. She came with a photographer,. The photographer took pictures during our meeting.
Michelle stayed an extra hour after the meeting and interviewed a number of CVGS members. Then she followed up by email and phone with several people, including talking to my wife about her experiences as a "genealogy widow." Michelle did a great job on the article - weaving facts on the society in with family history stories of our members.
Our society really appreciates this effort by Michelle Ganon and the Union-Tribune to spread the news about our society, its history, purpose, and the stories.
Note: Photos by Randy Seaver, 7 June 2008.
The article, without the photographs, can be read here. I'm not sure how long it will stay on the web site.
Here are photographs of the two pages with the article.
The reporter, Michelle Ganon, contacted me by phone about two weeks ago, and sent me a list of questions by email. I responded to them, and invited her to attend our meeting on Wednesday, 30 May, to interview some of our members. She came with a photographer,. The photographer took pictures during our meeting.
Michelle stayed an extra hour after the meeting and interviewed a number of CVGS members. Then she followed up by email and phone with several people, including talking to my wife about her experiences as a "genealogy widow." Michelle did a great job on the article - weaving facts on the society in with family history stories of our members.
Our society really appreciates this effort by Michelle Ganon and the Union-Tribune to spread the news about our society, its history, purpose, and the stories.
Note: Photos by Randy Seaver, 7 June 2008.
Friday, June 6, 2008
This Week's Wheel of Genealogy Fortune Puzzle
You all know how to play Wheel of Fortune -
I've given you R S T L N and E just like in the Final Round on the TV game!
Take a stab at this quote:
_ E N E _ L _ _ _ S T S ... S _ _ _ L _ ...
_ L S _ ... _ _ N S _ _ E R ... T _ E ...
_ _ N _ S _ _ E ... N E _ _ _ _ _ R
[Note: If you can see the "..." they are spacers between words. Blogger doesn't do double spaces well. I whited them out on the blog web page.]
Extra credit if you can find the quote on a web page.
It shouldn't take too long! Put your answer in Comments.
I've given you R S T L N and E just like in the Final Round on the TV game!
Take a stab at this quote:
_ E N E _ L _ _ _ S T S ... S _ _ _ L _ ...
_ L S _ ... _ _ N S _ _ E R ... T _ E ...
_ _ N _ S _ _ E ... N E _ _ _ _ _ R
[Note: If you can see the "..." they are spacers between words. Blogger doesn't do double spaces well. I whited them out on the blog web page.]
Extra credit if you can find the quote on a web page.
It shouldn't take too long! Put your answer in Comments.
Working with Family Tree Builder 2.0 - Post 3
Family Tree Builder 2.0 is FREE software that can be downloaded to your personal computer from http://www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder.
I described the Family Tree Builder 2.0 software in my post "Family Tree Builder software (from MyHeritage.com)," showed the basic open, upload, person and edit screens in my post "Working with Family Tree Builder 2.0 - Post 1," and displayed some of the Chart and Report options in "Working with Family Tree Builder 2.0 - Post 2."
This post will describe and discuss the Book Report options available in Family Tree Builder 2.0, based on my own experiences.
Clicking on the icon for Reports on the icon bar provides a list of available reports. At the top of this list is "Book Report." When you click on this item, you see a Welcome screen for the Book Report function that shows the key person you selected for the Book Report. You can change this person.
Note also that this report is generated by a free version of The Complete Genealogy Reporter, which is described more fully at http://www.tcgr.bufton.org/tcgrftb.htm. The differences between the free and paid versions of TCGR are listed there.
Here is the welcome screen:
Clicking on the Next button on the Welcome Screen provides a list for you to select from - you can check the boxes for any or all of Ancestors, Descendants, Indirect Relations, Family Trees, Notes, Sources, Index of Places, Index of Dates, and Index of Individuals.
For my report, I chose the Ancestors of Isaac Seaver, with Notes, Sources, Index of Places and Index of Individuals, as shown in the screen below:
The number to the right of each person is the internally generated Person number which is the superscript in the Pedigree Charts in the first two sections. For each person, there is a summary of their birth, death, spouses, and children (with the helpful person number included).
The next section is Notes, and here the notes for each person are included in some unknown order, and includes some persons not in the ancestry or descendants of the subject person of the book. Each Note has a number at the beginning of it, then the Note itself, and finally the words "Applies to ..." In the screen shot below, you can see that the Note above this page applies to Alvina Matilda Bradley and Lucretia Townsend Smith, the third and second wives of Isaac Seaver, respectively. The note below applies to Benjamin Seaver, Isaac's father.
I described the Family Tree Builder 2.0 software in my post "Family Tree Builder software (from MyHeritage.com)," showed the basic open, upload, person and edit screens in my post "Working with Family Tree Builder 2.0 - Post 1," and displayed some of the Chart and Report options in "Working with Family Tree Builder 2.0 - Post 2."
This post will describe and discuss the Book Report options available in Family Tree Builder 2.0, based on my own experiences.
Clicking on the icon for Reports on the icon bar provides a list of available reports. At the top of this list is "Book Report." When you click on this item, you see a Welcome screen for the Book Report function that shows the key person you selected for the Book Report. You can change this person.
Note also that this report is generated by a free version of The Complete Genealogy Reporter, which is described more fully at http://www.tcgr.bufton.org/tcgrftb.htm. The differences between the free and paid versions of TCGR are listed there.
Here is the welcome screen:
Clicking on the Next button on the Welcome Screen provides a list for you to select from - you can check the boxes for any or all of Ancestors, Descendants, Indirect Relations, Family Trees, Notes, Sources, Index of Places, Index of Dates, and Index of Individuals.
For my report, I chose the Ancestors of Isaac Seaver, with Notes, Sources, Index of Places and Index of Individuals, as shown in the screen below:
The free TCGR program worked for quite a long time - perhaps 10 or 15 minutes. It created a 662 page report for The Ancestors of Isaac Seaver with everything I requested. Here is a screen shot of the Title Page and the Table of Contents. The Paid version of TCGR adds more user-generated information.
The first section of the Book created is a series of Paternal Ancestry charts. The first chart is shown in the screen shot below.
This is a typical Pedigree Chart, but without any dates or places on it, just names and numbers. The superscript numbers by each name on the chart are the internally-assigned numbers used in later sections, not an ahnentafel number. There are also numbers in parentheses to the right of some of the names - these are for the continuation pedigree charts.
The second section of the report is the Maternal Ancestry. The first chart in this section is shown below:
The third section of the Book Report is the list of Direct Relations, ordered by the most recent generation of descendants, through the parents to the earliest generations in the database. The screen below shows the page for the Generation of Parents (I didn't want to show the first page with living people - my cousins).
The number to the right of each person is the internally generated Person number which is the superscript in the Pedigree Charts in the first two sections. For each person, there is a summary of their birth, death, spouses, and children (with the helpful person number included).
The next section is Notes, and here the notes for each person are included in some unknown order, and includes some persons not in the ancestry or descendants of the subject person of the book. Each Note has a number at the beginning of it, then the Note itself, and finally the words "Applies to ..." In the screen shot below, you can see that the Note above this page applies to Alvina Matilda Bradley and Lucretia Townsend Smith, the third and second wives of Isaac Seaver, respectively. The note below applies to Benjamin Seaver, Isaac's father.
The next section of the Book is the Sources, which are not shown in a screen shot (because of the embarrassingly few, and excruciatingly poor quality of, sources in a Source field in my database). The source citations for the entire report are listed, along with the words "cited by:" and a list of the persons (with their superscript person number) for whom the source was cited.
The List of Places is shown in the screen below. This is alphabetical by the last word in the Place field in the database, followed by the next to last place name, etc. Since my database has many cryptic notes in it like "(VR, 278)" in it, it picks up the "278)" and thinks it is a place name and lists it accordingly. This is not the program's fault - it's my fault for cluttering up the Place Name field.
The list of place names has each instance of a Fact for persons in the database after the Place Name itself.
Lastly, the List of Individuals is an alphabetical list of the ancestors and descendant of the subject of the report, along with their person number and their relationship to the subject of the report. The screen shot below shows one page from the List of Individuals.
The book is created by The Complete Genealogy Report software as a PDF file with the pages numbered sequentially, but without page numbers in the Table of Contents. You can move to the different sections using the Table of Contents list in the left frame on the screen.
There is much to like in this Book Report. It is organized logically, and provides all of the information I requested (plus some). I like the Pedigree Charts, the List of Places and List of Individuals.
However, I have a lot to complain about in the Free version, including:
* The lack of an Introduction. This option is in the paid version of The Complete Genealogy Reporter.
* The use of the Person Numbers throughout the report. These numbers are assigned by an algorithm (I think it starts with the most recent generation of descendants, and then goes to the oldest generation in the ancestry, numbered 1 through N - in my case, N=3723).
* The Book Report includes information about Descendants of the Subject person, even though I explicitly did not check Descendants (see the second screen above). I wanted just Ancestors, and I got both Descendants and Ancestors in the report.
* The Book Report separates information about a given family into several parts - the parents have a list of children (with person numbers), each child in a family has it's own family definition, and the Notes and Sources for each person are not with the family definition. Does anybody really want a report where the information is fragmented like this? My preference is to have the Notes and Sources with the person in the Direct Relations section.
* A Book Report requested for the Ancestors of Isaac Seaver should list only the Ancestors, and should number them in an ahnentafel (Sosa-Stradonitz) format, and the S-S number should be used throughout the report.
* The Book Report includes information in the Direct Relations section about persons who are not a descendant or an ancestor of the Subject person. The ones I saw are distant cousins through another line from a common ancestor - a Direct Relation to be sure, but not a descendant or ancestor, or a spouse of a sibling of an ancestor.
* The Notes and Sources for each person are in separate sections, they not listed with the Person themselves in the Direct Relations section. There is no indication about the Person that the Notes and Sources are for, other than the notation at the end of a specific Note or Source. The numbers for the Notes don't correspond to the Person Number in the Direct Relations. The Notes section should have "NNNN - Notes for 'John Doe' " where NNNN is the Person Number, and "John Doe" is the Person for whom the Notes are provided. The Paid version of TCGR apparently permits Notes and Sources to be embedded with the Person in the Direct Relations section.
In summary, this Book Report is unsatisfactory for my needs at present.
The Person Number system used in this Book Report confuses me greatly. I can't imagine how someone who is not familiar with genealogy standards would handle the system.
I want either an Ancestors Book (with only the ancestors of a Subject person, and their families listed) or a Descendants Book (with only descendants of a Subject person, and their families listed), or both in one document - my choice. An Ancestor's Book should be listed by ahnentafel (Sosa-Stradonitz) number, or at least provide that option. A Descendant's Book should be listed by one of the recognized numbering system (Register, NGSQ, etc.). Nothing else makes any sense to me as a genealogist.
I've discussed this Book Report in the context of the Family Tree Builder 2.0 software, but that is not completely fair to the genealogy software program. FTB 2.0 uses the Free version of The Complete Genealogy Reporter software.
Obviously, you get what they provide in both sets of software. My main complaints are with the TCGR software for both Reports and Books, not with FTB 2.0. I do appreciate that both sets of software are provided free of charge to genealogy researchers.
Genea-Musings top posts - by page views
I started using Google Analytics back in January to help me track what posts are most popular. I look at the statistics occasionally, and I thought that I would post once in awhile about them.
Unfortunately, Google Analytics provides data for only the last month of data (I can't figure out how to get more - any help?). So, for the last 31 days, here are the posts (other than the main page or any archived page) that were most popular (which means someone clicked on the specific post from a search engine or a link somewhere on the web, in a feed, or an email):
1. World Records for Number of Children (21 July 2006) -- 619 page views (several days had more than 100 views)
2. Genealogy Software Reviews (2 January 2008) - 106 page views
3. Make Your Own Gravestone (29 July 2007) -- 80 page views
4. John Tyler's Grandson is Still Alive (20 February 2007) -- 58 page views
5. Another "Family History is Really Bunk" Article (8 May 2008) -- 58 page views
6. 2006 Genealogy Software Review (27 October 2006) -- 56 page views
7. LDS RecordSearch Databases (6 May 2008) -- 56 page views
8. Working with Family Tree Builder 2.0 - Post 1 (2 June 2008) -- 53 page views
9. The "Magic if Genealogy" Moment - a "Genea-Gasm" (12 May 2008) -- 46 page views
10. Best of the Genea-Blogs - May 11-17, 2008 (18 May 2008) -- 43 page views
The #1 post about the world record for number of children has been the most popular post ever since it was posted. And probably will be forever, unless I find something else that the masses search for in a moment of wonder.
I was curious to see if anybody else had used the word "geneagasm" or "genea-gasm" on a blog or a web page, and it looks like it is unique to my blogs. Cool. Maybe I should add it to Wikipedia or Eastman's Encyclopedia of Genealogy wiki.
Overall, Genea-Musings had 5,897 visitors (3,396 unique visitors) and 9,458 page views during this 31 day period. The daily visits and page views are down significantly (perhaps by 40% or more) since I switched the URL in mid-May from http://randysmusings.blogspot.com to http://www.geneamusings.com. I think that many of my visitors before the URL change were random clicks on Blogger. Either that, or I've turned off a significant number of readers!
Unfortunately, Google Analytics provides data for only the last month of data (I can't figure out how to get more - any help?). So, for the last 31 days, here are the posts (other than the main page or any archived page) that were most popular (which means someone clicked on the specific post from a search engine or a link somewhere on the web, in a feed, or an email):
1. World Records for Number of Children (21 July 2006) -- 619 page views (several days had more than 100 views)
2. Genealogy Software Reviews (2 January 2008) - 106 page views
3. Make Your Own Gravestone (29 July 2007) -- 80 page views
4. John Tyler's Grandson is Still Alive (20 February 2007) -- 58 page views
5. Another "Family History is Really Bunk" Article (8 May 2008) -- 58 page views
6. 2006 Genealogy Software Review (27 October 2006) -- 56 page views
7. LDS RecordSearch Databases (6 May 2008) -- 56 page views
8. Working with Family Tree Builder 2.0 - Post 1 (2 June 2008) -- 53 page views
9. The "Magic if Genealogy" Moment - a "Genea-Gasm" (12 May 2008) -- 46 page views
10. Best of the Genea-Blogs - May 11-17, 2008 (18 May 2008) -- 43 page views
The #1 post about the world record for number of children has been the most popular post ever since it was posted. And probably will be forever, unless I find something else that the masses search for in a moment of wonder.
I was curious to see if anybody else had used the word "geneagasm" or "genea-gasm" on a blog or a web page, and it looks like it is unique to my blogs. Cool. Maybe I should add it to Wikipedia or Eastman's Encyclopedia of Genealogy wiki.
Overall, Genea-Musings had 5,897 visitors (3,396 unique visitors) and 9,458 page views during this 31 day period. The daily visits and page views are down significantly (perhaps by 40% or more) since I switched the URL in mid-May from http://randysmusings.blogspot.com to http://www.geneamusings.com. I think that many of my visitors before the URL change were random clicks on Blogger. Either that, or I've turned off a significant number of readers!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Want to help find Unclaimed Persons' families?
We heard last week about unclaimed persons and many of us watched the video on www.RootsTelevision.com on Unclaimed Persons, in which Megan Smolenyak solved one case (Joseph R. Higgs), and got important information on a second person, John Finch. You can also watch the video of Megan searching for information about Joseph Higgs in this video.
Megan posted today that the second case, that of John Finch, was solved by Kimberly Powell of About:Genealogy web site fame. Congratulations to Kimberly and Megan - they have shown what can be done to solve these Unclaimed Persons cases.
As a result of these successes, Megan and RootsTelevision have decided to pursue these cases with some vigor. Megan's post says:
"We realized that almost everything about this was experimental," said Marcy Brown, co-founder of RootsTelevision.com. "Not only the pairing of coroners and genealogists, but also the use of online video to bring attention to a serious, but hidden problem of national scope. We hope that this is just the beginning and are trying to figure out the best way to facilitate the resolution of additional cases. As a first step, we invite people to join the Unclaimed Persons group we've just launched on Facebook" (those who are new to Facebook will need to register)."
I decided to look into this because I do have a Facebook account (does any reader want to be My Friend on Facebook?) and signed up to participate in this effort because it may be educational, interesting and challenging, and also to help find some of the families of these unclaimed persons on a pro bono basis.
If this interests you, click on the link above and sign up with Megan and a fine crew of genealogists looking for a challenge.
Megan posted today that the second case, that of John Finch, was solved by Kimberly Powell of About:Genealogy web site fame. Congratulations to Kimberly and Megan - they have shown what can be done to solve these Unclaimed Persons cases.
As a result of these successes, Megan and RootsTelevision have decided to pursue these cases with some vigor. Megan's post says:
"We realized that almost everything about this was experimental," said Marcy Brown, co-founder of RootsTelevision.com. "Not only the pairing of coroners and genealogists, but also the use of online video to bring attention to a serious, but hidden problem of national scope. We hope that this is just the beginning and are trying to figure out the best way to facilitate the resolution of additional cases. As a first step, we invite people to join the Unclaimed Persons group we've just launched on Facebook" (those who are new to Facebook will need to register)."
I decided to look into this because I do have a Facebook account (does any reader want to be My Friend on Facebook?) and signed up to participate in this effort because it may be educational, interesting and challenging, and also to help find some of the families of these unclaimed persons on a pro bono basis.
If this interests you, click on the link above and sign up with Megan and a fine crew of genealogists looking for a challenge.
"Following the Path of Your German Ancestors" on Saturday, 7 June
The German Research Association (GRA) in San Diego has an interesting program this Saturday, 7 June, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. It is titled "Following the Path of Your German Ancestors."
This will be a round table discussion sharing how the attendees are doing with their German genealogy research.
The program will be held at the Joyce Beers Community Center, on Vermont Street just north of University Avenue in the Uptown Shopping Center in the Hillcrest community in San Diego. Attendees should park in the parking garage at the end of the street.
I wish that I could attend this meeting because I have done nothing to pursue the German heritage of my Carringer, Auble, Rau, Feather, Spangler, Koenig and other surnames. I'm sure that I could get some help and asvice from this meeting. Unfortunately, my Saturday morning is already taken.
If you are interested in this program, I encourage you to attend!
This will be a round table discussion sharing how the attendees are doing with their German genealogy research.
The program will be held at the Joyce Beers Community Center, on Vermont Street just north of University Avenue in the Uptown Shopping Center in the Hillcrest community in San Diego. Attendees should park in the parking garage at the end of the street.
I wish that I could attend this meeting because I have done nothing to pursue the German heritage of my Carringer, Auble, Rau, Feather, Spangler, Koenig and other surnames. I'm sure that I could get some help and asvice from this meeting. Unfortunately, my Saturday morning is already taken.
If you are interested in this program, I encourage you to attend!
Legacy Family Tree 7.0 released
I'm still looking for my ideal genealogy software, so the announcement that Legacy Family Tree 7.0 was released by Millennia Corporation piqued my interest. You can read the news release here. There is a What's New video for prospective customers to watch.
Legacy 7.0 is now available for US $29.95 for the download-only version or US $39.95 version which includes the 336-page printed user’s guide, installation CD, and beginner’s training video. Upgrade pricing ($21.95) is also available for current Legacy 6.0 Deluxe users.
The free, Standard Edition is summarized here, and can be downloaded here. Features in the Deluxe Edition are summarized here, and may be purchased here.
I decided to download the Standard edition. This was a 46.9 megabyte download, so it took awhile. I think that it's the full software package with some of the key features disabled. It installed easily on my computer, and I was able to upload a large GEDCOM file, although it took about 10 minutes for my 19,000 person file.
I worked in the program for about an hour testing the various bells and whistles, learning how to move around between generations, using the name index, checking out the charts and reports.
I'll try to do a user's report on it in the next week or so, with some examples and screen shots. I'll try to include the key features (for me) that are included or disabled in the Standard version.
From my initial look, using the Standard version (which is FREE) provides an excellent feature-laden piece of software, one that any genealogist could use with confidence, and one that will provide most features that most genealogists want in their software.
Legacy 7.0 is now available for US $29.95 for the download-only version or US $39.95 version which includes the 336-page printed user’s guide, installation CD, and beginner’s training video. Upgrade pricing ($21.95) is also available for current Legacy 6.0 Deluxe users.
The free, Standard Edition is summarized here, and can be downloaded here. Features in the Deluxe Edition are summarized here, and may be purchased here.
I decided to download the Standard edition. This was a 46.9 megabyte download, so it took awhile. I think that it's the full software package with some of the key features disabled. It installed easily on my computer, and I was able to upload a large GEDCOM file, although it took about 10 minutes for my 19,000 person file.
I worked in the program for about an hour testing the various bells and whistles, learning how to move around between generations, using the name index, checking out the charts and reports.
I'll try to do a user's report on it in the next week or so, with some examples and screen shots. I'll try to include the key features (for me) that are included or disabled in the Standard version.
From my initial look, using the Standard version (which is FREE) provides an excellent feature-laden piece of software, one that any genealogist could use with confidence, and one that will provide most features that most genealogists want in their software.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Family Photographs - Post 8: Randy and his Horsey
I'm posting old family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they won't be wordless posts like others do - I simply cannot have a wordless post.
Here is one of the most precious (to me) images from my Seaver family collection:
Here is one of the most precious (to me) images from my Seaver family collection:
So who is that darling little blond boy sitting so proudly on the horse, dressed up in chaps, bandanna and cowboy hat? Why - it's 4-year old Randy in about 1948!
My brother and I were big fans of the cowboys in the movies, on the radio and on the television. We would re-create dialogue from Hopalong Cassidy TV show, which was our favorite. We watched Hopalong Cassidy, Lone Ranger, the Cisco Kid, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Davy Crockett and several other cowboy shows on TV during the 1950's.
I believe that this was taken by a professional photographer who came around the neighborhood with his horse, cowboy clothing for kids to wear, and his camera. I have no idea what the horse's name was! I don't know what the setting was - my guess is that it was in Balboa Park because of the tall eucalyptus trees in the background. We lived at 30th and Hawthorn Streets, just five blocks from Grape Street Park (28th and Grape Streets) in San Diego, which had a grassy play area between two eucalyptus groves.
The Swimsuit Edition of Genealogy Illustrated is posted!
Jasia has posted the 49th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy (now starting its' third year!) on her Creative Gene blog. The topic for this edition is: Swimsuit Edition!
Over 30 bloggers submitted pictures and stories about swimsuit experiences and beach stories. My post was "At the Beach!" Some posts are funny (especially the swimsuits), some are informative, and all are good!
The next Carnival of Genealogy topic is: Family Pets! Bring out those old photos of Snoopy, Garfield, Rex and Bob! Tell us the funny, charming, and cute stories about the pets you remember or remember hearing about. Introduce us to the furry, feathered, and scaly members who have a place on your family tree! The deadline for the next edition is June 15, 2008 and it will be hosted by none other than the flutaphone master himself, Bill West!
Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Over 30 bloggers submitted pictures and stories about swimsuit experiences and beach stories. My post was "At the Beach!" Some posts are funny (especially the swimsuits), some are informative, and all are good!
The next Carnival of Genealogy topic is: Family Pets! Bring out those old photos of Snoopy, Garfield, Rex and Bob! Tell us the funny, charming, and cute stories about the pets you remember or remember hearing about. Introduce us to the furry, feathered, and scaly members who have a place on your family tree! The deadline for the next edition is June 15, 2008 and it will be hosted by none other than the flutaphone master himself, Bill West!
Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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