Information, tips, and other interesting finds on this personal journey
After watching the available live streams from RootsTech and following the theme of storytelling, I'd like to go over some of my genealogy goals for the rest of this year. Start building my family's stories. There is so much to work with from my ancestry that there are stories everywhere. While … [Read more...]
I received an email the other day from 23andMe letting me know about their new "Ancestry Composition" tool. I let it go to the back-burner since I didn't have a chance to visit it the other day. Today visited the link and was quite impressed. This is how it works, according to their … [Read more...]
The day finally came after a bit of waiting. After taking his sweet time and not being sure when he would decide to make his grand entrance, we welcomed Xander Lee Zalewski into the family. He was born at 3:15pm on December 8th weighing in at 7lb 4oz. His middle name, Lee, is taken from his … [Read more...]
The first funeral I remember attending was 25 years ago when I was 7 years old on December 7th, 1987. My real great-grandmother passed away in May 1941 when my grandfather was only 20. My great-grandfather remarried a few years later to Agnes Pulshinski. I'm told she wasn't much of a fan of the … [Read more...]
It seems I took one of my unplanned breaks again. Sometimes the perfect storm of not having much time and my interest in other things comes together and I don't get any genealogy time. It's been a busy few months, especially the last few weeks. Last week I was finally able to visit New York City, … [Read more...]
Now that close friends and family have been notified, it's time to let the rest of the world know. My wife, Darcy, and I are now expecting our second child in December of this year. I think Aerissa will really enjoy having a younger sibling to play with. She's keeps us pretty busy. I'm happy with … [Read more...]
I have sometimes thought about this question. Why does genealogy interest me so much? I was never really much into history classes. I usually did enough in them just to get by, even in college when I was already doing some genealogy research. I remember being bored out of my skull in my US History … [Read more...]
I haven't been posting much lately since I haven't had a lot of time for research. The holidays are busy with work and..well..holiday stuff. There are a few other things going on that are making it hard to find the time. I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a wonderful start to 2012. … [Read more...]
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