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  • family historian, My memories

    My Memories Freebie Friday

    My Memories is very close to the 10,000 Facebook Fans and giving out the iPad2. Be sure to visit their site. Also Every Friday they offer a new Freebie layout. A little something to add to your scrapbooking, cards, or any creation you make with my memories.com Here are some layouts I have used in the past for preserving the memories of my relatives.

    Great Grandma Ula Akin Durbin with baby
    Nancy and Dora Coffee

    Four Generation photo of Nancy Ola, Ula Mae, Ola Mae(Grandma) and baby Theresa.

    Great Grandfather and Grandmother Raymond Durbin and Ula Mae

  • family, Las Vegas

    Meeting Distant Relatives

    I have written about how I love Facebook. Not because of Farmville, or CafeWorld, but for all the re-connections, and discoveries I have found. My Grandparents had divorced before my mother was born, so the most I knew about Grandpa’s family was just names and dates. Other than pictures the people behind those photos were a mystery to me. Well as soon as I got up the courage to get on Facebook the first person I searched for was my Grandma’s sister in law. I knew that my mother had been in contact with her in the past. Why not see if she was also on Facebook. Well she was and we have had a very nice friendship. This summer during our Las Vegas Trip, my family was able to visit with her Daughter, Sandra. My family really enjoyed sharing our vacation in Las Vegas with her. 

    Recently she started a blog of her own, highlighting her business. Her blog is Hard Times Auctions, much better than Storage Wars. I wish her the best on her blog and hope others will check it out.

  • family tree, World Vital Records

    Researching your Genealogy

    There are a few days left with Ancestry.com free weekend. Ancestry.com is a great place and the largest resource for Genealogy. However, there are many different sites to find this information; some may have more information than others. Here is a list of the various links, and their benefits.

    Ancestry.com: the largest and oldest site that has forums that allow researchers to share information between each other. Ancestry.com also interfaces with its Genealogy software Family Tree Maker 2011 PLUS Deluxe Family History Toolkit Bundle at Ancestry.com. RootsWeb General Search is also connected to Ancestry.com, and is a free option. The amount of resources you can achieve on Ancestry is limitless. Search Military Records, Historic Newspapers Online, Social Security Death Index, Adjustable Surname Search Link, Search Birth, Marriage and Death Records including Obituary Collection .

    WorldVitalRecords.com is another Utah based subscription research site. It offers many of the same benefits as Ancestry.com. It is the host company for Family Link, also known as We’re Related on Facebook. The link that us Genealogists use to link up our family on Facebook.

    OneGreatFamily, Archives.com, are also paid subscription sites. Not as large or as old as Ancestry.com.

    There are some really useful Genealogy sites that are free, FamilySearch.org, RootsWeb General Search.

    There are also volunteer organizations where you can seek the help of Genealogists in the local area’s that your ancestors lived. RAOGK.com, is a really helpful site, one that I volunteer for. I also follow Cyndi’s List, her site is full of useful information and easy to follow.

    There are many sites out there to research your Genealogy. Some are paid subscriptions, some are free. I personally am leary of most the free sites that have been popping up. How secure is their information, is that data verified information? RAOGK, Family Search, and Cyndi’s list are the ones I trust the most if you are going the Free route. I know that those sites are secure and verified links.