Round up all your boxes, notebooks, CD's, scraps of paper, file folders, etc.--anything that pertains to your genealogy, get it all together in one area. Then, and only then, will you be able to organize (or more appropriately, perhaps, re-organize) your "stuff" [as President Obama would say]. Surely we can confine our research to a few shelves, a couple of filing cabinets, or several drawers. IN THE SAME AREA. If we have to run from room to room, from downstairs to upstairs, or whatever, we are wasting precious time that could be better spent finding our ancestors.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
State of the Union
President Obama uses the word "investment" as if our government has money with which to make an investment. Our government's investment should be to trust private industry to develop according to the market. I'm sure that a lot of hearts just fell to the floor when he indicated he didn't want our country to invest in the oil business any more. What, we're going to punish Sarah Palin and all those who stand with her, in maximizing Alaska's resources? We need refineries built and refreshed; our country still has plenty of this resource, don't you think?
We are going to be force fed, if the President gets his way, with green energy. I'm all for conserving our natural resources, re-purposing old stuff instead buying new stuff, and using "clean energy". What I'm not all for is the federal government buying up all the land and lakes and mountains. I'm not all for the government taking the role of protecting us from things that might be bad for our health. Of course, there are many ways to approach valid concerns and take moderate steps in cleaning up our world and our lifestyle. I'm not sure any of those ways really need to be regulated by the President and his cohorts. Bureaucracy starts at the top and trickles down or floods down, rather, the tentacles of federal power spreading and invading into every corner of our lives.
No salt, no fat, no dirty coal, no oil; how long before Big Brother wants to control our television watching habits, our reading styles, our religious practices, etc., etc., etc.?
Read the text of the speech the President gave tonight and look for the code.
Is it really the business of Congress to protect us from wearing earphones in both ears?
We are going to be force fed, if the President gets his way, with green energy. I'm all for conserving our natural resources, re-purposing old stuff instead buying new stuff, and using "clean energy". What I'm not all for is the federal government buying up all the land and lakes and mountains. I'm not all for the government taking the role of protecting us from things that might be bad for our health. Of course, there are many ways to approach valid concerns and take moderate steps in cleaning up our world and our lifestyle. I'm not sure any of those ways really need to be regulated by the President and his cohorts. Bureaucracy starts at the top and trickles down or floods down, rather, the tentacles of federal power spreading and invading into every corner of our lives.
No salt, no fat, no dirty coal, no oil; how long before Big Brother wants to control our television watching habits, our reading styles, our religious practices, etc., etc., etc.?
Read the text of the speech the President gave tonight and look for the code.
Is it really the business of Congress to protect us from wearing earphones in both ears?
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Meridian Magazine - The First Archaeological Support for the Book of Mormon
Meridian Magazine - The First Archaeological Support for the Book of Mormon
I would have been an archaeologist in another life, I think. How fun to jet around the world and walk the pathways of the ancients. It is both historically satisfying and tangible to those who are involved in the field, I would imagine. To reach out and touch an altar where perhaps Lehi once officiated, is this spiritual or what? I mean, that is the message her, right? I haven't read the whole article, so I guess I'd have to get more scholastically involved here, before I get too excited. Still, the prospects are exceedingly enticing.
I would have been an archaeologist in another life, I think. How fun to jet around the world and walk the pathways of the ancients. It is both historically satisfying and tangible to those who are involved in the field, I would imagine. To reach out and touch an altar where perhaps Lehi once officiated, is this spiritual or what? I mean, that is the message her, right? I haven't read the whole article, so I guess I'd have to get more scholastically involved here, before I get too excited. Still, the prospects are exceedingly enticing.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Debbie Berberi's Photos - Wall Photos (7)
Debbie Berberi's Photos - Wall Photos (7): "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
I have rediscovered this morning, in a quiet hour at the computer, that my daughter is a premiere photographer.
I have rediscovered this morning, in a quiet hour at the computer, that my daughter is a premiere photographer.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Apples 35 Piece Jigzone 5D14315E186 Jigsaw Puzzle - JigZone.com
Apples 35 Piece Jigzone 5D14315E186 Jigsaw Puzzle - JigZone.com: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
A wonderful way to relax...
A wonderful way to relax...
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Learning Resources
This is the new look. The Beta FamilySearch. There are lessons, a wiki with tons of information oh where and how to search for your ancestors, and the Library Catalog is still a standard feature, though as I understand it, reworked and updated. Record collections are growing at this site in leaps and bounds.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Sunday, November 07, 2010
The Genealogue: ScanStone Secrets Revealed
The Genealogue: ScanStone Secrets Revealed: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
This is an older blog post but a futuristic look at what could be accomplished with digitizing records. Genealogists, everywhere will say "THANK YOU" as this hits the Internet.
This is an older blog post but a futuristic look at what could be accomplished with digitizing records. Genealogists, everywhere will say "THANK YOU" as this hits the Internet.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Monday, November 01, 2010
Vinegar Bend, AL Head On Train Collision, Jan 1908 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
Head On Train Collision, Jan 1908
I find this blog so interesting! Gen-Disasters?!! I have been attracted to the idea of this before and have framed a presentation on family history around the topic.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Record Groups Articles, Record Groups News - Examiner.com
Family Bibles hold a unique position among genealogical record groups. They are not official records created for use outside of the family. This point cannot be understated, or underemphasized, for often certain facts will appear in a family Bible that do not otherwise appear. Family Bibles are created by the family and for the family. Though family Bibles rank as one of the most useful genealogical resources, their use in African-American family history can often be overlooked and misunderstood. Specifically, the family Bibles of slave-owning families should be...
via examiner.com
I stumbled upon this gold mine of African American genealogy record groups while preparing an article for the Alabama Genealogical Society Magazine. Michael Hait's work for Examiner.com is outstanding.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Photo - 1943. Truck with a load of logs
This is a work truck from 1943, used to haul logs to the lumber mill. I imagine that it was similar to the truck my granddaddy "Lud Givens" was driving when he accidentally backed over his grandson, my brother, James Richard Winters, fondly remembered as "Pelo".
Monday, September 13, 2010
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF OKALOOSA COUNTY
via members.cox.net
Collecting postcards is a hobby that I wish I had started as a child. This one is a flash back to the past when Destin was just "the luckiest fishing village in the world."
Friday, September 10, 2010
Beck to Donate Speaking Fees From Anchorage Event With Palin | The Blaze
via theblaze.com
I think this charity is very worthwhile. The military put their lives on the line and the families do their part.
Monday, September 06, 2010
Saturday, September 04, 2010
What to do when the printer's out of ink
Here is a couple of options that my very non-geek brain came up with. Click on the little box "print" command on the web site page at issue. When your printer options box opens, you see a variety of "printers"; at least on my printer options box, you do. Some of those options include your regular ink-driven printer; I for one, had not installed a new cartridge and it's the early hours of the a.m., so I'm feeling kind of lazy. Also offered to me is a Notes feature that comes with the Microsoft package (I'm running on Vista, here); however, when I opened the document, it had only captured one of two pages.
I should have tried to capture the web site page with a "screen print" command; I even have a utility in my Firefox Browser to capture and save a web page in picture format. I forgot to use that method. What I finally did was use the Microsoft XPS document writer option in my printer options box. Anything saved in that format can be opened by Internet Explorer, (not my default browser, by the way). So, that was my answer to the problem. This time.
I could also have gone to file and saved it as a web page (html) document; would that have worked?
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Daily Jigsaw Puzzle - Puzzle of the Day
via jigzone.com
I still enjoy the jigzone puzzles; sometimes I think it was more fun when I was still learning how to do the various types. Nowadays, I don't feel as challenged or I get kind of bored. My favorite is 70 bulbs, but it takes a really colorful puzzle to enjoy that type.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
After the Show Show: 7/21
I will not give up on this fight. Candles in the dark we may be, but doesn't everyone just love candles, Cherie? Scents-zy Gal!
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