Preserving your Memories, one page at a time
With Spring in the Air and Easter around the corner, it’s out with the snow boots, and heavy winter coats. Bright colors are everywhere this Spring, and this beautiful kit by Sugar Moon Designs highlights those cheerful Spring colors in her kit “Cool Lemonade”
Tonight I took several cute pieces from “Cool Lemonade” to make this Facebook Spring Cover for my page.
You can check out my Tutorial on Creating a Facebook Timeline Cover .
With only 14 days left until the official launch of the 1940’s US Census Project– are you ready? I know that many in my Genealogy Groups on Cafemom are getting excited. Here is the best resources to get more information on the 1940 US Census Project site. Here are the steps to enter this week’s contest and reward yourself for getting ready!
My Great Grandfather Raymond F. Durbin
Go visit the Games and Prizes page of the 1940 Blog to join this weeks project contests. Then follow the below steps to qualify for this week’s prizes.
Forrest Gray, husband of Joy Akin Grey
Ready, Set, Go! The Index Game (March 19-30)
That’s all you need to do and if you’ve had the opportunity to have already finished a 1940 simulation batch in the past 60 days you already qualify for the contest. Next you will have to do is opt in using the form on the Games and Prizes page to be eligible to win this week’s prize.
There will be two qualified volunteers that will be chosen at random to receive a $50 Visa gift card and one qualified entrant will be chosen at random to receive a $100 Visa gift card! You can always e-mail the 1940 Census blog at blog@the1940census.com with questions.
Here are some interesting facts about my family. In 1940 my Grandma was 14 and had grown up during the Great Depression. My Great Grandparents moved a lot between New Mexico and Nevada City, California. It will be exciting to see where they lived in 1940, I will be able to place photos with more actuate places than we have been guessing.
Ula Mae(Great Grandma) and Ola Durbin(Grandma) around 1928
Great Great Aunt Lovella with My Grandma Ola Durbin around 1932
Sister’s Pat and Ola Durbin as teens
This blog is in compliance with my PR statement, because it is a contest not only for readers but for writers.
Here is another wonderful tutorial on using grouping tools on the My Memories Software.
March is known for green clover’s, the Luck of the Irish, and celebrating Saint Patrick’s lifelong contributions to Ireland. It was no wonder that Family Tree Magazine would have a special on their Kit of the Month- Irish Ancestry. While we enjoy all the fun festive parties, old traditions, wearing green, and green beer. So many are unaware of how Saint Patrick ties into Irish History and St. Patty’s Day. He was born in Wales, England, was kidnapped and brought to Ireland to be a slave. He spent 6 years in Ireland as a slave before he escaped and returned to Wales. Later in Life he returned to Ireland as an ordained bishop for the Roman Catholic Chruch. There are many legends of Patrick, such as chasing all the snakes out of Ireland. However he is best known for his dedicated work to help the poor and the date of his death- March 17.
As a young girl my Uncle had joined the Little Brothers of Good Shepard. The Founder Brother Mathias Barrett had traveled from Ireland as a young man, joined the Catholic Church, helped so many and was born on March 17, 1900. While my Uncle was study When I received my First Holy Communion, he gave up his seat so that I wouldn’t have to kneel the entire ceremony. Later that day, he gave my family a photograph of him before he had left Ireland. The stories were so fascinating to me. We had family ancestors who had migrated from Ireland in the late 19th Century and the way he shared memories of his life made me feel closer to my ancestors.
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The Sister’s and I in 1978. Joy, Ula, Ida, Ora Lea, and Lovella. I’m the little girl holding my Great Grandma’s hand.
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Good Morning and Happy Tuesday, there is only a couple more weeks left til the official release of the 1940 US Census Index, 20 days according to the Count down clock. You can try your hand at indexing the 1940 US Census through an indexing simulation. Just simply download and launch the indexing software. Then click on the Download Batch button in the software interface. At the top of the list of available projects, choose either *SIMULATION* 1940 US Census (Part 1) or *SIMULATION* 1940 US Census (Part 2) and then click the OK button to download one of these batches.
Help Getting Started?
Here are a few video tutorials along with documentation for how to get started with the indexing software are now available online at The1940Census.com.
For those who are participating as members of societies, Getting Started with Indexing includes instructions on associating an indexing account with a specific society or other indexing group.
These images on the simulation have been created based on the 1940 census form and are not real historical records. Additionally, there is only one training batch under each simulation. Use these simulation batches to learn what the 1940 census will be like or to train others prior to the release of the 1940 census.
As a busy mom to 4 kids, business owner and all the other hats I wear throughout the day. Getting a spare moment to scrap can be challenging some days. This is why I LOVE My Memories Software so much. I was able to catch up on replies and make my husbands lunch for tomorrow and put together a cute little 4 page scrapbook. I used templates and old photos I had already edited a while back. I love that later I can go back into this album and change it up, make it into a movie, have it printed, add more pages, or send it to family via email..
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