Alfonse Falcone at a New Haven hockey game This week’s topic was somewhat difficult – King? I wasn’t sure who in our family best fit that title. I decided my step-father, Alfonse (Alphonse) Falcone best fit the bill. “Alfie” entered my life when he met my mother shortly after her divorce in 1962. My father […]
Read MoreTopics: 1) Setting Research GoalsI decided not to focus on making any goals specifically related to individuals. Presently, my goal is to clean up the mess I have created over the past few years: information w/o sources cited, multiple databases, several folders of duplicate files and – most annoying of all – no particular file […]
Read MoreI only made it to Week 18 of last year’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks“. (I have all kinds of excuses, but I’ll spare you the experience of listening to me whine.) I’m going to try again. This year I’m combining the 52 Weeks challenge with Thomas MacEntee’s “Genealogy Do-Over.” For 2015, there are weekly […]
Read MoreHere’s my Progress this first week: The first thing I did was create “My Golden Rules of Genealogy” My Golden Rules of Genealogy: Schedule a set time to work – no less than 30 minutes a session Be consistent Touch it ONCE! Put it where it should go – permanently Use a research log – […]
Read MoreLast year, I participated in the blog challenge “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.” posed by Amy Johnson Crow (http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/category/52-ancestors-challenge/). The idea was to post about an ancestor every week. I took up the challenge for two reasons: to share some of the research I had gathered over the past few years and to help me […]
Read MoreThe woman on the right is Crista Cowan fromAncestry.com.She accompanied us on the bus trip fromSalt Lake City, sharing little “tidbits” of infoas we drove along My last day in Salt Lake City was Friday August 1. Arrangements had been made for a bus trip to Provo, Utah where Ancestry.com has its headquarters. I was […]
Read MoreWhoops! Thought I would have finished blogging about my trip by now. Guess I got distracted. I have good reasons though. (Have you noticed I always have a good reason?) 1) I was helping plan and hold my daughter’s bridal shower2) I attended my retirement party (yay!)3) I started my part-time jobs (all 3 of them!) This […]
Read MoreWednesday at the 34th IAJGS Conference was by far my busiest day. I had something scheduled from 7:30 straight through the evening. WednesdayI started my day by attending“I Couldn’t Put it Down Series: Flipboard Your Family History” presented by Marlis Humphrey. Flipboard is a digital application used to create your own personal digital magazine. You […]
Read MoreIn this post I continue to share my experience at the 34th Conference on International Jewish Genealogy in Salt Lake City, Utah. TuesdayAt 7:30 a.m., I attended the “Breakfast with the Experts – Discovering the Jewish Resources at the Family History Library” presented by Heidi Sudgen of the Family History Library. Heidi gave a great overview […]
Read MoreFinally sitting down to review my notes from the IAJGS conference. It was a very busy week. Here are some of the highlights: Hilton Salt Lake City Center-from their website SundayArrived at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center about 2 p.m. If you ever stay there be sure to make use of the transportation service […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 