How do I Make my Blog into a Book?
Posted Jul 1, 2009
If you’re like most people, either you or your family members have a blog (a blog is somewhat of a journal kept on the Internet just FYI). A family member recently commented to me that she wants to have her blog act as her journal, but she wants a way to print her blog and [...]
5 Tips for Taking Great Photos For Family History Records
Posted May 8, 2008
Digital cameras are all over the place these days and it is so easy to take tons of pictures. Digital cameras let you see the picture you took seconds after it was taken. You can then determine if the picture is a “keeper” or not. But how do you determine the “keepers” and how do [...]
Documenting Family Travels
Posted Jan 30, 2008
Well Traveled – There are many ways to open the mind, broaden experience, and deepen feelings. One path to doing so is through traveling. Experiencing new places, ideas, foods, sites, smells, and cultures seems to have a profound effect upon us. Not only the travel we take, but the places and reasons for visiting those [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Five Ways to Create an Online Tribute
Posted Nov 19, 2007
So, you want to honor a family member or the memory of an ancestor. In the past, available options were to create a book about the individual, throw a party, or make a scrapbook. Now, those things can all be done and preserved online. The benefit is that family members and friends all around the [...]
If You Could Talk to Your Future Self What Would You Say?
Posted Nov 14, 2007
Have you ever wanted to travel back in time? What about travel into the future? There’s an easy way to do it…well sort of. One way the you of the present can make a time travel journey is by writing a letter to your future self to be opened in the future. To your future [...]
Have Your Ancestors Been Included in the Wall of Honor?
Posted Nov 9, 2007
Honoring our Ancestors There are many ways to honor our ancestors. The best way is by living a life that would make them proud. Other ways we can honor our ancestors include: Preserving their memories and histories Collecting their information into a book Passing on their wisdom Keeping a united family and preserving family ties [...]
Create a Map of Places You’ve Visited
Posted Oct 30, 2007
Ever see a large map of the world posted on a wall with pins sticking out marking places that the person who posted the map had visited? Ever want a map to display your vacations or places you’ve lived? I did a while back and purchased a world map I started to put pins in [...]
