May, 2010
MyHeritage.com Top 100 Blog Recognition!
Well, we find ourselves among some august company indeed! The folks over at the MyHeritage.com blog have selected their top 100 genealogy blogs, and we are on the list! And all the same day I got some good Smart Matches too! Check out the list at the link above. By the way, Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage.com is coming to this …
May 13, 2010 Thursday at 6:50 pm
Port Chicago: Tragedy and Travesty
[We were about to board the California Zephyr in Sacramento for the beginning of our Grand Genealogy Journey. But first, for the occasion of the third edition of the Carnival of African-American Genealogy, let's backtrack in time and distance. The theme of the Carnival is "They served with honor~In Memoriam~African-Americans in the Military, 1914-1953." Here, we follow the route of …
May 12, 2010 Wednesday at 9:28 pm
Happy Mother’s Day, Haplogroup L3!
Yes, a genetic genealogy remembrance of Mitochrondrial DNA Day! Here are my mothers (my matrilineage), as far as I know them, with their spouse’s name in [ ]: Lillian Gines (living)[H.V. Manson] Annie Florida Corrine Long (b. 1902, Kansas City, MO; died 1986, Kansas City, MO)[Wm. E. Gines Mary Elizabeth Johnson (b. 1870, Clay County, MO; died 1946, Kansas City, …
May 9, 2010 Sunday at 12:39 pm
The Grand Genealogy Journey (Virtual) Starts Saturday
Join us here Saturday p.m. for the start of the GeneaBlogie Grand Genealogy Journey! It’ll kick off with a tour of the California Railroad Museum in Sacramento, located at one of the most historic sites in American railroad history. Then, we’ll learn some more history about Sacramento and the Sierra foothill communities that are nearby. Finally, we board Amtrak’s California …
May 6, 2010 Thursday at 9:17 pm
