Livin’ Like the Old Days
Posted Dec 18, 2007
Want to connect a little bit better to your ancestors and involve the family too? Here’s a fun idea: take a day (probably in the weekend so the whole family can participate) and spend it like your ancestor of your choice would have spent the day. Select an ancestor and learn about the times in [...]
Re-distribute Family History Books
Posted Dec 17, 2007
The Old Way – Let’s say you have a journal of an ancestor or a genealogy book that a family member compiled years ago, which can be a wonderful and precious resource; there’s only one big problem – as your family grows descendants will not have the same access to your precious resource that you [...]
Include Your Ancestor’s Information in the World’s Largest Encyclopedia
Posted Dec 10, 2007
Looking for something on the Internet and use Google or another search engine to find what you’re looking for? Well, have you noticed that the top results that return are very often from the one of the world’s largest encyclopedias? Wikipedia to be precise. Go ahead search for Internet, England, North America, John Lathropp, or [...]
Are You a Pack Rat?
Posted Dec 5, 2007
What is a pack rat? A pack rat is someone that collects a whole bunch of stuff and never really gets rid of it. Now, you might not necessarily be a pack rat, but there’s probably many things that you collect. Why do we collect things? Is it because they remind us about the past, [...]
