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Researching Your Jamestown Ancestors Online

Researching Your Jamestown Ancestors Online

Have you traced your family tree back to colonial Virginia of the early 1600s? If so, you may have ancestors who were living in the Jamestown area.

And that means you could be eligible to join the Jamestowne Society!

In this post, you’ll find a few resources for researching your Jamestown ancestors online.

Mary Bernardin: From France to South Dakota

Mary Bernardin: From France to South Dakota

We don’t always know the details of our female ancestors’ lives, but it is important to tell the stories we do know.

Mary Virginia Bernardin immigrated from France to America in 1855 as a young woman. She married Victor Redoutey in Ohio and moved to the midwest.

You can read what I know of her story in this post.

The Genealogy Blog Party: Spring Fever

The Genealogy Blog Party: Spring Fever

In May, the Genealogy Blog Party had a case of “spring fever.”

Read this post to find out how bloggers interpreted the theme!

Note: this linkup closed on 1 June 2019. Please check The Genealogy Blog Party > General Information to learn about the current linkup.

The Genealogy Blog Party: Immigrant Ancestors

The Genealogy Blog Party: Immigrant Ancestors

Everybody came from somewhere, and for most of us, our ancestors came from somewhere other than where we live today. Have you traced your ancestors to that “somewhere else?”

The April Genealogy Blog Party is all about stories of immigrant ancestors… any time, anywhere in the world.

Add your posts to the linkup by midnight PT on 1 May 2019.

Book Review: “Letters From the Dead” by Steve Robinson

Book Review: “Letters From the Dead” by Steve Robinson

One thing that makes rotten winter weather seem almost bearable is a good book.

And I’ve got one for you!

Check out my review of “Letters From the Dead,” the 7th installment in Steve Robinson’s Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series.

If you like genealogy (of course you do) and solving creepy murder mysteries, you’ll love this one as much as I did!

A 2019 Blog Tune Up: Running the Diagnostics

A 2019 Blog Tune Up: Running the Diagnostics

Every blogger should take a break from content creation to look “under the hood” and make sure the everything is running smoothly.

It’s not always fun, but it is necessary. Especially if we want those COUSINS to find us in search engines.

In this post, I take a look at the reports from a few website diagnostic tools and share my results.

Hopefully, you’ll feel inspired to do the same for your blog!

The Genealogy Blog Party: Tune Up Your Blog

The Genealogy Blog Party: Tune Up Your Blog

New year, new you? NOPE!

The January Genealogy Blog Party was all about shaping up your BLOG!

You never get a second chance to make a first impression… and that goes for your blog, too.

Check out this post for tools to help you analyze and tune-up your blog.

This linkup closed on 31 January 2019.

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