I Attended My First Scanfest Today

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. …

SCGS Jamboree Live-Stream Sessions

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…