Ancestor Archaeology

It's true. I am a bit ashamed to admit it. Lazy. Not that I didn't know how to research outside of Ancestry, they just make it so da...

Here we are. Final week of the Great Genealogy Do Over of 2015 . For some reason the American storyteller Jean Shepherd keeps popping into...

What week is it? Ten? What made me think that I could possibly keep up?  I am just back from morning cataract surgery, typing with one ey...

I love the Genealogy Do Over Facebook Group. I lurk there day and night. I keep up with posts on my smartphone. (Which I almost never act...

Week Seven. The week I have been waiting for! The week you all are going to tell me which genealogy software I'm going to love AND u...

And now for some good news. I've spent a lot of time dragging my heels, complaining, weeping. But I have actually accomplished a few...

Genealogy Do Over - Restart Button Well, well, well. Here it is Week Seven. Where am I? Stuck somewhere back in Week Three or Four. ...

The SS Genealogy Do Over is going down! So here it is Week 6. The ship is seriously taking on water, or is it the Kraken? I can't b...

Well now!! Finally one I have accomplished! Or  have the beginnings of anyway. I just got done organizing my genealogy email inbox, setti...

What have I gotten myself into? I like a good challenge as much as the next gal but I am really feeling in over my head here. In my other (n...

ARGH!!!! I am feeling the effects of information overload coupled with way too much to do in my non-genealogy life. Thirteen weeks ? Not...

My progress came to a screeching halt when I read the first requirement for this week's Do-Over task. Setting up a Genealogy Research Lo...

This week we are asked to set research goals, interview ourselves and interview our family members.  I have talked about my research goals h...

Since I began the Genealogy Do Over on Jan 1, I have been working on cleaning up some bad info I had linked to my tree early on in my gene...

This week we are asked to set research goals . As my Do-Over is a complete redo of my maternal lineage, this is fantastic! I inherited a b...

As Week One comes to a close I feel I made some pretty good headway in plan and organization. The tasks for the week were: Setting previo...

Having jumped All In in the Great Genealogy Do-Over of 2015 I was now faced with the dilemma of where to begin. Simple you say, start at ...

 Genealogy Do-Over!! Yes! I'm IN! This is going to be great! I am so loving this idea!! I threatened to do the very same thing last year...