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Favorite Reads of the Week: 19 March 2016

Many articles and blog posts were about Irish roots this week, which I thoroughly enjoyed as we celebrated our Irish ancestry for St. Patrick’s Day. Amy Johnson Crow wrote a fascinating article refuting advice in an AARP bulletin which said to burn old family letters when de-cluttering. Laura Hedgecock’s thoughtful response about finding her parents’ love letters was equally interesting. A BBC article discussed what happens to our Facebook pages when we die – and how […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 19, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

The Scraps of a Well-behaved Woman’s Life: Florence Creer Kelsey Part I

“Well-behaved women seldom make history” was penned by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in 1976. Do you have a well-behaved woman in your family’s history? A woman who lived through the astounding changes of the 20th century and quietly worked to make a difference? To celebrate Women’s History Month, you might want to reexamine her life from a different perspective and tell her story. I discovered a single scrapbook page that my grandmother, Florence […]

By Diana Elder March 16, 2016 Research Tips

Celebrating Irish Heritage on St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is only a few days away! Here are some ways that we’ve been celebrating our Irish Heritage: Learn about your Irish Heritage Did you know that 3.7 million American residents claim Irish ancestry? According to this graphic, that’s more than 7X the population of Ireland. Between 1830 and 1940, nearly 4.5 million Irish immigrants arrived in the United States. Do you have any Irish immigrants in your family tree? If so, here’s an article about […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 13, 2016 Crafts and Projects, Creating and Sharing Family History, Families and Children, Sharing Stories

Favorite Reads of the Week: 12 March 2016

Some of my favorite reads this week include: Family history writing tips from Paula Williams Madison, astonishing colorized photos by Marina Amaral interviewed on the FindMyPast blog, Genealogy Jen’s post about building ancestor immigration stories with legos, and Dustin Hoffman’s tearful discovery of family heritage. See the full list below! Family History on TV Recap of my favorite episode of Finding Your Roots (and this season’s finale) – I was shocked that he didn’t know his […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 12, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Remembering the Faith of My Ancestors with a Blurb Book

Two years ago, I made a book about my Grandpa Elder’s ancestors to give to my family for Christmas. I was inspired by William R. Walker’s talk in the April 2014 General Conference about learning stories of faith of our ancestors. I knew some of the conversion stories of my Mormon pioneer forefathers, but not all. I determined to find and compile all the stories and records about my LDS ancestors’ faith. One repository that […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 11, 2016 Crafts and Projects, LDS Family History

Location, Location, Location: Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place

Do you have a difficult ancestor? One that just won’t stay put in one place? Are records difficult to find in the location you finally have him pinpointed? Have you been more interested in finding names and dates than discovering the what, where, and why of your family? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, maybe it’s time to take a step back from searching for specific records and put your […]

By Diana Elder March 9, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Phil Gregory

Today, Phil Gregory tells how he got started in family history in our second installment of the “Family History is for Everyone” series. Phil says, “I think we should all know where we came from, at least in some basic way.” He tells about the value of sharing records freely online and the discovery of his Irish ancestry. I met Phil six years ago while searching google for more information about a branch of my family tree […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 7, 2016 Family History is for Everyone Spotlights

Favorite Reads of the Week: 5 March 2016

Subjects highlighted in our favorite reads this week include: DNA and health/longevity family trees Memories of grandparents Irish Family History Day and Irish-American Heritage Month Women’s History Month and more! Thanks to all the bloggers out there who are writing these fascinating posts. [View the story “Favorite Reads of the Week: 5 March 2016” on Storify]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 5, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

“Grace O’Malley, Queen of the Sea” by Elizabeth O’Neill-Sheehan

As part of the Family Locket Book Club, we’ll be featuring a children’s book each month. Please share your comments on the books in our Goodreads group or in the comments section! The criteria for the children’s books we share will be: books that are about someone’s ancestors books that give ideas for writing family history stories for children books that teach about genealogy and family history books that inspire young people to learn more about […]