Adventures in Anderson genealogy!
This year I am planning to participate in Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over! I have purchased the fantastic workbook and I am starting with Month 1! Month 1 is all about setting aside research and preparing for a do-over. Since 95% of my genealogy is digital, this is an easy task for me. I have created... Continue Reading →
I'm a few days late but I love participating in the SNGF series from Genea-Musings when I have an opportunity. Genealogy has taken kind of a back burner this summer and fall thanks to a travel-heavy summer and beginning graduate school in August. Here is a link to the original post: http://www.geneamusings.com/2016/09/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-what.html The prompt for this... Continue Reading →
My family may not have any Italian roots (I should know, I just got our AncestryDNA results), but nothing describes my dad quite like a big pan of lasagna. It probably wasn't passed down generation to generation but my dad's lasagna recipe is carefully written on a stained index card in my dad's block letters.... Continue Reading →
I know it's Thursday but I finally found a minute to post my response to last weekend's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun! post from Genea-Musings. I love participating in these posts! You can find the original post here: http://www.geneamusings.com/2016/05/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-your.html This week's prompt is: Tell us about your "genealogy life." How much genealogy and family history work do... Continue Reading →
I tried new technique that Lisa Louise Cooke talked about on her Genealogy Gems YouTube channel recently! I used the website Animoto to create a video about the history of the Anderson Lumber Company, which was in my family for almost 90 years! I only did the free version so the quality is lower and... Continue Reading →
I love participating in Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Genea-Musings! Today is not Saturday, it's Sunday, and I'll admit 90% of the reason I'm writing this post is to procrastinate work I have to do at 9:30pm on a Sunday. Today's prompt is a relaxed one that is easy for me to answer! You can... Continue Reading →
Recently while browsing my files I noticed a list I made in Word titled "Genealogy Goals 2015" so I thought I should take a look back at the progress I've made towards these goals since I made this list back in December 2014. Solidify sources for grandparents & great-grandparents, then continue back through generations. Funny enough,... Continue Reading →
Last year I started a spreadsheet to identify my genealogy "number" or "score". If you don't know what that means, calculating your "score" is when you identify the total number of possible direct ancestors in a generation then you add up the number of ancestors that you have discovered in your research. It helps you measure... Continue Reading →
I love participating in SNGF from Genea-Musings! I was especially glad to be interrupted this afternoon as I stared in loathing at four boxes of genealogy records my mother dug out of the shed from when she packed up her mom's desk when she passed away in 2008. I have itching to get my hands... Continue Reading →
My maternal grandfather's name is William Straughen (pronounced "strawn"). This name has gone through spelling changes in almost every generation since it arrived on US soil in the mid/late 1700s. William preferred the 'e' at the end. His parents went by Straughn, however in the preceding 3 generations both spellings were common. I look comically... Continue Reading →
This week's SNGF prompt was to describe your best find in the month of May this year. [Add link] I have two "best" finds to share: 1. In my direct line is a man named Peter Piper. I was immensely pleased to find this asking with a photograph on ancestry this month. No indication he... Continue Reading →
I always have fun playing along with Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Genea-Musings! You can check out his prompts on his blog and join in on the fun! The prompt for May 23rd: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-your_23.html This week's prompt is to create a map of where you have been using the defocus blog website. Color coding indicates much... Continue Reading →
I always have fun playing along with Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Genea-Musings! You can check out his prompts on his blog and join in on the fun! The prompt for April 25: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-favorite.html This week's prompt is to select a favorite family photograph and share it. Below I have selected a photo of my mom's... Continue Reading →
I always have fun playing along with Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Genea-Musings! You can check out his prompts on his blog and join in on the fun! The prompt for April 18: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-when-i-was_18.html The current series of SNGF is to respond to some questions on the topic of “When I was young…” from Alona Tester’s... Continue Reading →
The Accidental Genealogist is running her annual “Fearless Females” month of March. I’m so happy to be joining in, although admittedly a little late. I will attempt to catch up before the end of the month. If you want to see her blog and prompts you can look here: http://www.theaccidentalgenealogist.com/2015/02/back-for-sixth-year-fearless-females.html The prompt for March 18: "Shining... Continue Reading →
Ellen Anderson
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