Scanfest is a once a month event hosted by Miriam Robbins of AnceStories the Stories of My Ancestors blog. Since scanning is a necessary but boring, task for genealogists, Miriam devised a great way to get that needed task done. Genealogists gather at her blog for a designated 3 hour block of time, once a month. …
Week 26. Songs. What was the #1 song during the week of your birth? Enter your birth date at This Day in Music (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1) and find out. If you were born before 1946, you can enter the year of your marriage, the birth dates of your children or some other significant event. 52 Weeks of…
Yesterday, while sitting in my home in Austin, TX., I was able to take part in the Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) Jamboree held in Burbank, CA. Through a special sponsorship with RootsMagic, there were five sessions from Jamboree that were live-streamed for free to genealogists everywhere. I attended two of these sessions. The first…
Wesley Gorman Martin and Edith Palmer Wedding Photo This is the wedding photo of my great-grandparents, Wesley Gorman Martin (1877-1963) and Edith C. Palmer (1886-1973).