Family History Alphabet: You’re a Family History Star

I thought it would be fun to consolidate all the attributes that I came up with in Alona’s Family History through the Alphabet series. You can see that not only are you a research star, but just how many diverse attributes we draw on, to pursue this adventure we love so much. I’ve added in your … More Family History Alphabet: You’re a Family History Star

Family History Alphabet: Z is for

My theme for the Family History through the Alphabet is the Attributes we need as family historians: the skills, experience and talents we need to bring to our research. This week we finally reach the letter Z, a tribute to our persistence in documenting our theme for the Alphabet challenge. Thanks Alona from Gould Genealogy and LoneTester for inspiring us all to do … More Family History Alphabet: Z is for

Family History Alphabet: Y is for yearning and yawning

My theme for the Family History through the Alphabet is the Attributes we need as family historians: the skills, experience and talents we need to bring to our research. We are in sight of the end now with the letter Y which appropriately gives us: Y is for YAWN: We’ve been at this series for 25 weeks now so … More Family History Alphabet: Y is for yearning and yawning

Family History Alphabet: V is for Various

My theme for the Family History through the Alphabet is the Attributes we need as family historians: the skills, experience and talents we need to bring to our research. This week is the letter “V”. V is for VALIANT: perhaps this is a stretch but we certainly need some level of courage to keep plugging away at our research despite … More Family History Alphabet: V is for Various

Family History Alphabet: Tantalising T

My theme for the Family History through the Alphabet is the Attributes we need as family historians: the skills, experience and talents we need to bring to our research. We’re tearing towards the alphabet’s end. Today we focus on the tantalising letter T. T is for TENACIOUS: You’ll need to be persistent to track down all the clues you can about … More Family History Alphabet: Tantalising T

Family History Alphabet: S sets us challenges

My theme for the Family History through the Alphabet is the Attributes we need as family historians: the skills, experience and talents we need to bring to our research. We’re on the final rush to the end now and S is our letter of the week. By this stage we’re reaching some antonyms of earlier attributes. S is for STAMINA: … More Family History Alphabet: S sets us challenges

Family History Alphabet: R is for………R-E-S-P-E-C-T

My theme for the Family History through the Alphabet is the Attributes we need as family historians: the skills, experience and talents we need to bring to our research. This week we’re on the letter R and all of a sudden I hear music. R is for R-E-S-P-E-C-T:  We owe it to other researchers to acknowledge their work. Citations and  … More Family History Alphabet: R is for………R-E-S-P-E-C-T