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Research Journal Year in Review

1 January 2009

In June of 2008, I decided to take this blog in a new direction.  Instead of only exploring research problems, I opened it up to a much broader scope.
Since then I’ve written many posts.  I’ve met up with a wonderful group of genealogy bloggers through the Genea Bloggers group on Facebook.  I participated in the [...]

My Genealogy New Year’s Resolutions

30 December 2008

The latest Carnival of Genealogy is on New Year’s Resolutions.  What will be my research goals for the year?  What will be my blogging goals?
Research Goals:
1.  I would like to get all the data on the folder on my desk and on my computer input into my database.  I have been working on it slowly [...]

Political Affiliation of Our Ancestors

20 July 2008

As I’ve been going through the voter registration logs, I’ve noticed a couple of things. First, my ancestors belong to alot of different political parties. I’ve noted Democratic, Republican, Socialist, Progressive, Libertarian, Independent, and the non party “Declined to State”.
Remember all those black and white movies depicted women as too silly and naive [...]