Elyse's Genealogy Blog

As I complete the finishing touches on my move – I realize that this is the perfect opportunity to organize all of that family history information, pictures, and other odds and ends related to genealogy. So first – I’ll discuss the paper files, which is often the first genealogical issue that comes up when it [...]

As I was packing all of the vast amounts of pictures, newspaper clippings, and old letters that I have recieved over the years from family member, I came across a newspaper clipping about my Uncle Dudley. My Uncle Dudley was a teacher for many, many years. He taught in the U.S. as well as overseas [...]

While I was searching through the old photos today (getting sidetracked from packing), I discovered a hilarious picture of my grandpa and I when I was a baby. I then remembered that there was yet another Genea-Bloggers Carnival on funny images – and I knew I just had to share it. Now, this picture was [...]

Well, come Sunday, I will be moving a town over to another apartment. In this process, I have been cleaning out all the clutter in my room and going through the mass amounts of stuff that I have. As I was doing this, I began to find more old letters, pictures, and newspaper clippings in [...]

Hi everyone! Over on Facebook, Terry Thorton challenged all of us Genea-Bloggers to write up a post about ourselves so that others can get to know us. So…here is mine. I am a 19 year old genealogist…yes, you read correctly…only 19. Whenever someone discovers my age and my number one hobby, they always get shocked. [...]

I feel so blessed this morning thanks to Linda in Lancaster (Find her blog, From Axer to Ziegler at http://stienstradl.wordpress.com/). She gave me the “New Heart Award”. I’ll admit that I have never heard of this before – but I certainly think its a great way to honor our fellow bloggers. It is good to [...]

Ah – a dream of every genealogist is to have photos, letters, and other pieces of paper that give a clue as to the everyday life of our ancestors. Well, since I’ve been letting everyone in my family know that I am doing genealogy (and trust me, it hasn’t been an easy task to get [...]

With all the hurricanes and evacuations going around, I think it is vital that everyone start thinking about an evacuation plan; both for yourself and for your family history. Let’s say, that tommorrow you were told that you had to leave your house immediately. Maybe you only have 30 minutes to grab what you can [...]

Eventually, every genealogist gets to the question of whether or not to publish their hard work onto the internet (or even in book form, although I will only briefly discuss this because I don’t think it is something that is not cost effective these days…well, you’ll see what I mean). There are so many pros [...]

So, like nearly every genealogist out there, I jumped into the pool of genealogy and made a ton of newbie mistakes. I didn’t bother reading books to learn about citing your sources, how to keep your paperwork organized, or even about the census! No…instead of doing my homework, I jumped right in. When I began [...]