A Genealogy Blog by Dana Huff
Posted in Genealogy 101 on Mar 22nd, 2009
I downloaded Reunion for Mac, and I have been trying it out this afternoon. It felt sad to put in the death details for my grandfather’s sister Eva Marie Gearhart Heier: Eva M. Heier Eva M. Heier, 93, of Yakima died Sunday. Mrs. Heier was born in Spokane and lived in Yakima later in life. [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101 on Jan 18th, 2009
Hi folks. I bought a MacBook for grad school/work/play back in August. I am thinking I’d like to go ahead and do genealogy on it, and I’m looking for a good software program. I have been checking out Reunion, but I don’t know if I am missing something better. Do any of you know anything [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101, Genealogy and History, Research Questions on Dec 19th, 2007
Miriam started a meme, “Where Were You During the Censuses,” and I have decided to play. I have actually only appeared in three censuses (I think — we’ll see in about 50 years or so, won’t we?). I was born in 1971, so I should be on the 1980 Census as an eight-year-old living in [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101 on Jul 5th, 2007
More and more people are beginning to use blogs as a medium to deliver their genealogy research, and this is definitely a trend I want to encourage. Many genealogists who create blogs are new to Web 2.0 or Read/Write web technologies. The terms Web 2.0 and Read/Write web refer to tools that allow users to [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101 on May 23rd, 2007
I haven’t posted in some time, but this time of year is hectic for a teacher, and I have had little time to do any genealogy research. I usually reserve my most intensive research for summers, when I have more time. However, I did want to mention one the reasons I started this blog was [...]
Posted in Family Biographies/Histories, Genealogy 101 on Aug 24th, 2006
I have been thinking about how to respond to Jasia’s call for posts about writing the family history for the Carnival of Genealogy. In some ways, I do feel like I began a discussion of writing the family history in a recent post about blogging family history. However, I noticed that in that post, I [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101 on Aug 12th, 2006
Before I began using Family Tree Legends software to manage my genealogical research, I used what is arguably the most popular software program, Family Tree Maker. One of the features I liked most about FTL is that it enables the user to automatically update his/her information via the Internet as long the user is connected [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101 on Jul 2nd, 2005
It seems a lot of people are stopping by here looking for advice on writing family reunion letters. I have not actually ever planned a family reunion or written a letter, so take my advice with that in mind. It seems logical to me that the first step involved in planning a reunion is to [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101 on May 4th, 2005
Are you interested in learning about genealogy? There are lots of sites on the Internet that point the way. Genealogy@About.com is very comprehensive; it is designed to be a one-stop portal, like other About.com sites. USGenWeb is good if you’ve already started and need more information. rssGenealogy.com has an abundance of links, but if you’re [...]
Posted in Genealogy 101 on Apr 29th, 2005
If you have been researching your family history, you may have run into the classic pitfall. Primary sources can be expensive to obtain and difficult to find. Logic tells us that getting hold of eyewitness accounts when possible is best, but that might involve costly trips and sending away for copies of records and archives [...]
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