Our motto here at GeneaBlogie is Learn, Share, Enjoy, Appreciate! And we also say give credit where credit is due. So at the head of this year’s honors list for achievement in the field of genealogical writing, we recognize Michael Hait. Michael writes for Examiner.com as the national African-American Genealogical Examiner. His highly readable posts [...]
But Our Hero has some Personal Travails! The California Family History Expo at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton wrapped up Saturday evening with a lesson on breaking through brick walls by FHE President and founder Holly Hansen. Although figures were not yet available, the conference appeared to have been well attended on both days. [...]
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The Gines Family My closest relatives in Kansas City would be in the Gines family, descendants 0f Richard and Sylvia Gines of Shreveport, Louisiana, (who, as far as anyone knows, never set foot in Kansas City). Two of Richard and Sylvia’s sons, William Edward Gines (1898-1955) and Henry William Gines (1903-1980) left Shreveport in 1920 [...]
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We’ve had a great trip aboard the California Zephyr from Sacramento to Denver. But in Denver, we part ways with the train, which goes on to Chicago, bypassing our next destination, Kansas City. The quickest way to get to Kansas City from Denver is by air — a one-hour flight for about $149 on all [...]
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Editor’s Note: It doesn’t usually take nearly 30 days on Amtrak to get from Salt Lake City to Denver. A funny thing happened on our virtual tour: real life, i.e., work, family, health. But we expect t continue the tour, with interspersed other stuff. We’ll make it to our next stop, Kansas City, a bit [...]
Believe it or don’t, but it’s been three years since the Big Train Trip. I’m really ready to go again, but circumstances currently won’t allow that. So we started to lay out our virtual genealogical dream trip traveling via Amtrak and other conveyances. We ran into a set of difficulties soon after the beginning of [...]
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We started on our Grand Genealogy [virtual] Journey several weeks ago. It was to take us from Sacramento to Georgia and back. We made it as far as Nevada. What happened? 1. Life Itself (75%) 2. Technical Difficulties (software issues) (13%) 3. SCGS Jamboree (12%) So what now? Well, the Journey returns this weekend, starting [...]
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[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, [...]
I had to order a copy of a Missouri birth certificate on short notice recently. I ordered it through VitalChek. Now the trick is not to order birth certificates from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in Jefferson City, which is the main repository. Instead, order them from Kansas City or St Louis, [...]
I put my census form in the mail a little after the first of the month. I also scanned it, and I’m making some family group sheets to go with photographs. All these items together will constitute our family’s census 2010 documentation. Seventy-two years from now, family researchers may conclude that I have lived in [...]
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