Posted in volunteering on Sep 22nd, 2008
I am a proud member of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) and my act of kindness involves taking digital photographs of headstones in cemeteries in Tarrant and Hill Counties, Texas. A person from somewhere besides Tarrant or Hill County (usually out of state) sends a request to me through RAOGK for photos, and I [...]
Posted in projects, volunteering on Sep 8th, 2008
Oh, I’ve been around, just not blogging for a few days.
I’ve been working on my Mom’s Red Photo Album, I’m trying to do at least 2 pages/day. Gotta pace myself, don’t want to hit the wall, you know!
Last week I also got a RAOGK request for a cemetery photo here in Tarrant County, TX. It’s [...]
Posted in cemeteries, volunteering on Jun 10th, 2008
In reading Ken’s post about a couple of ancestors that he found in the Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 database at FamilySearch Record Search, I learned that requests for grave and headstone photographs can be made at Find A Grave. I have been to this site a few times, and have found a few folks that I [...]
Posted in general research, volunteering on Mar 31st, 2008
I’m planning to go to Hillsboro on Wednesday. As it’s about a 3-hour round trip, I don’t get down there as often as I’d like. So I need to plan ahead to make the most out of the trip!
Part 1: Search the microfilm of the Hillsboro City Library’s various Hill County newspapers for Dr. Kennedy’s [...]
Posted in volunteering on Nov 1st, 2007
I have been so busy for the past 2-3 weeks, that I haven’t had time for much of anything!My Dad had a triple bypass last week, so I spent several days with him. He is doing great, though, so I’m not so worried about him. He is currently in a rehab facility and expects to [...]
Posted in volunteering on Oct 20th, 2007
I have a busy week ahead. I am a volunteer for Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, RAOGK, which is an organization whose members volunteer to do genealogical records look-ups, take cemetery photos, anything genealogical basically for people who live too far away or are unable to go to those sites to obtain the information for [...]
Posted in volunteering on Oct 4th, 2007
…I have started transcribing the transcription of the Limestone County marriage records. For the first week that I had the cd containing the records, I didn’t do anything with it. Allergy season is really bad this year!!! But, I finally started the job on Tuesday, and I am currently on page 5. I hope to [...]
Posted in volunteering on Sep 26th, 2007
I have been having severe ragweed allergy problems for the past couple of weeks, and my eyes are so irritated that it is difficult to read, use the computer or even watch TV some days. So, I haven’t been doing much genealogy. I just got back from the eye doctor, who gave me some drops [...]
Posted in ethics, research sites, volunteering on Aug 28th, 2007
A few of the blogs I read, including The Genealogue and Genea-Musings, today have posted the fact that Ancestry.com is “caching” free genealogy website information and charging its subscribers to access that data! Among those sites that are finding their data in Ancestry’s subscription-only database is USGenNet:
Dateline: 26 August 2007
Copycats on the Loose! [...]
Posted in volunteering on Jul 23rd, 2007
After I found my great-great grandfather Crist H Carrico in the Online New Mexico Death Index, I then sent an email through the organization Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) to a researcher in Lea County, New Mexico. This very nice gentleman, David, immediately wrote me back with the name of the cemetery where my [...]
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