Have you checked out puzzilla.org yet? It is a really cool tool that uses the familysearch API to let you look at your family in a new way. It looks like a spiderweb, but it can really help you visualize where there are gaps in your research, and where you should focus.
Category: Non-Czech Research
Why did I renew my ancestry.com subscription?!
I love ancestry.com. It has many records that familysearch.org does not yet have. When it comes to Czech genealogy, it’s usually the passenger lists that I find the most useful, in particular their Hamburg Passenger Lists from 1850-1934. Their search algorithm and indexes are different – at least somewhat. This can be good and bad, but…
What my Texas Ancestors must have thought of my Polygamous Ancestors
I apologize to all my blog readers for diverting to the subject of polygamy so often these past few posts. It has been on my mind. Today I finished reading “Saints” by Orson Scott Card and decided I wanted to discover just exactly how many of my ancestors were polygamists. To do this, I went…
Historical Fiction: the genre of choice for the genealogist
It was bound to happen sometime this year. I forgot to post on my blog yesterday. I should have these posts scheduled in advance, and in fact that is my end goal. But it just hasn’t happened. I’ve been listening to an audio book called “Saints” by Orson Scott Card. I love it. It is…
Found this gem on pinterest
And it describes me perfectly.
Mnemonic devices for memorizing Czech Months (English)
This is mostly for my benefit but I decided to post it in case there are any other English-speaking Czech researchers out there who have a hard time remembering the Czech months of the year. Leden – led is Czech for “ice.” Led sounds like “lead”. This is kind of how my heart feels in…
England Research can help Czech Research
If my husband wants to do genealogy research, he basically needs to become an expert in Northamptonshire, England – its history, repositories, available records, etc. Mostly we are concentrating on the early 1800’s and earlier. As we have worked together to start figuring this out, it has struck me that understanding manorial laws and customs…
Zinger by Orson Hyde
This is not related to Czech genealogy in any way whatsoever, but it’s interesting! I am doing some interesting research on my Mormon ancestors who lived in Iowa. One of them operated the south of the Platte river ferry route for at least 6 months in approximately 1849-1850. I have been looking for clues about…
Patrick McQueen Research
I haven’t posted for a little while. It is not for a lack of genealogy related pursuits; just a lack of Czech related genealogy pursuits! For the past two months I have been working as hard as I can to solve the mystery of my husband’s 5th great grandfather’s village of origin in Ireland. Patrick McQueen….