Give Genealogy for Christmas

There are a lot of great Christmas gifts to pick from this year. Giving the gift of genealogy is truly a gift that keeps on giving. I have been a family genealogist since 1982 and it was never as easy as it is today. With the Internet and the great number of websites available, researching and documenting your family's history is fun and productive.

I love to find Civil War pay records, military list and obituaries. (You'd be surprised at what you can glean from an obit.)

Look at some of the records you can search at Fold3 (formerly footnote):

Revolutionary War Pensions

Brady Civil War Photos ^Free

WWII US Air Force Photos ^Free

Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index

War of 1812 Pension Files ^FreeUpdated

WWII "Old Man's Draft" Registration Cards

Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII

Revolutionary War Service Records

Civil War "Widows' Pensions" ^Updated

Right now there is have a special running:

Another great site I have been a member of for many years is Ancestry.com and I just love it. You can find WWI and WWII Draft applications where your relative filled it out in his own handwriting. They tell where they were born and give their weight, height, hair and eye color. They also state whether they were married and where they were working and living at the time.

Of course there is the connecting with people through their family trees. You can also document your ancestor with census, marriage, birth and death records!

If you have a family member or know someone who wants to research their family history but are unsure how to start, give them Family Tree Maker. This is a computer program where they just follow the prompts, answer the questions and they can generate their family tree easy as pie!

Right now Ancestry.com has a LIMITED time offer to save 25% but hurry, the sale ends Dec 13th.

And for those with a Mac

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Finally Back Plus FB Timeline Covers

I want to say that I am back and feeling better after a month and half hiatus.

Many things happening around my world. My daughter and her 2 girls, my granddaughters, have moved back with me. Since this is a 1 bdrm apt, you can imagine the adjusting we are all doing. My granddaughters are 4 & 5 so they think all of this is just a new adventure. Through the eyes of children, the world looks great!

There is a new project on the horizon but we have not been able to confirm the opening date so I will just say that as soon as we are set, I'll make an announcement. We are shooting for June 1st but again... that is tentative.

Many of you are using Facebook. I make my own timeline covers so I will post some here. If you would like to comment about the themes you would like, that will give me an idea of what to make. Be aware that some artist have included in their TOU that their tubes are NOT allowed for Facebook Timeline Covers.

I made these Covers this morning from the new scrap kit by Rebel Without A Pause Designs titled "The Roses" and this part of the kit is "The Roses: Roses for Momma". Click to view full size, save to your computer and upload to your facebook account.










The second Facebook Timeline Cover is a frame with a transparent center, in which you can insert a photo of your family or friends, or anything you wish. Just open your favorite photo editing program, open this image (once you have downloaded it to your computer) and then create a new layer beneath the Cover image and then open your family or friend image, move it between the two layers until you are satisfied and merge all and save as a new image.

I have received a lot of compliments on the choice of font I used. You can find the font at FontYukle, click here: "BickhamScriptFancy2".

This second framed FB Timeline Cover has a 1930s Alfons Mucha image.  I love Alfons Mucha art and use it as often as I can.




Enjoy and don't forget to point folks back here to grab the timeline covers. Please leave a comment, thank you.

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