What a nice surprise it was to receive an email yesterday informing me that the Genealogy Gems website has once again made Family Tree Magazine’s annual 101 best family history Web sites list.
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Bring some good luck to your genealogy research with this 13th annual collection of terrific websites. You’ll find it here and in the September 2012 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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Sierra in California wrote in to say she’s been taking the Genealogy Gems Podcast with her on the road this summer:
“I listen to Genealogy Gems while in the car. We live just north of San Francisco and travel to Tahoe at least once a month. My kids and husband usually fall asleep as soon as the car hits the freeway. Before every trip I download 4 or 5 podcasts to my iphone. As soon as everyone is asleep, I plug my iphone into my car stereo and listen to you for the 3 hour drive. Genealogy Gems makes the trip fly by.
I can’t thank you enough for such great content you include each week. I have picked up so many awesome techniques and tips from listening to you. Thanks!”
Well thank you Sierra taking me and the podcast along for the ride! But I have one question: Are we there yet?!
Have you ever wondered why you’re just not making as much progress on your genealogy research as you would like? In many of my live presetations I often ask the audience to raise their hand if they have enough time to climb their family tree, and nary a hand ever goes up. It’s a problem that plagues family historians almost without exception.
Thank goodness you’ve come to Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems because I have a gem for you that I think will cast a bright light on the problem and provide you with a better understanding of what’s really happening.
Since tomorrow is Independence Day here in the U.S., I thought about posting a list of where you can research your revolutionary war soldiers, but everyone else is doing that! And besides you should be enjoying the day with the most important family members if at all possible: your current family!
So here’s a fun Blast from the Past of a little patriotic tintype I came across back in 2009. Enjoy!:
Last week my oldest daughter Vienna and I were going to spend the day together as we usually do each week. But rather than watch a vintage Bette Davis movie, it occurred to me that we hadn’t been antiquing in ages. So I hit the Internet, found a little seaside town nearby with a nice assortment of antique shops and a lovely little Victorian Tea House where we could lunch, and off we went – a pair of mischievous adventurers.
Among the treasures I snagged that day was this little 2 x 3″ tintype. I fell in love with the facials expressions, and jovial attire…and the American flag draped above them sealed the deal.
The scanned image actually looks better than the original which is quite dark and very small. The more I examined it with a magnifying glass the more I felt the fun these young folks were having the day this pic was snapped, and pretty soon I had an itch to have some fun with the photo. And here are the results:
A merry troupe of turn of the century young people, pleasing in pink, purple and teal.
Of course I have no idea what colors they were really wearing that day. But I imagine that they were the types to have appreciated a bit of tinkering with some old tin.
UPDATE: If you love your iPad like I do, check out the free Color Splash app. It allows you to convert your photos to B&W and then tint with a splash of color as you like.
MyHeritage has released their new search engine – SuperSearch – which transforms family history research into a more global, more accessible and more engaging experience than ever before. It has been running in Beta for a few months, but it has now officially launched.
According to their press release:
“Every day, large numbers of historical records and data are being added and we also plan to have our time-saving Record Matching technology up and running in a few weeks. Watch for more information – we’ll let you know when Record Matching is live!
SuperSearch is an exciting new service that adds color to family history, improves by the day, and which positions MyHeritage as a top player in the historical content market.”
ems website has once again made Family Tree Magazine’s annual 101 best family history Web sites list.
