How you can turn your Blog into a Book

If you’re like most people, either you or your family members have a blog (a blog is somewhat of a journal kept on the Internet just FYI).  A family member recently commented to me that she wants to have her blog act as her journal, but she wants a way to print...

5 Tips for Taking Great Photos For Family History Records

Digital cameras are all over the place these days and it is so easy to take tons of pictures. Digital cameras let you see the picture you took seconds after it was taken. You can then determine if the picture is a “keeper” or not. But how do you determine...

Documenting Family Travels

Well Traveled – There are many ways to open the mind, broaden experience, and deepen feelings. One path to doing so is through traveling. Experiencing new places, ideas, foods, sites, smells, and cultures seems to have a profound effect upon us. Not only the...

Livin’ Like the Old Days

Want to connect a little bit better to your ancestors and involve the family too? Here’s a fun idea: take a day (probably in the weekend so the whole family can participate) and spend it like your ancestor of your choice would have spent the day. Select an...

Are You a Pack Rat?

What is a pack rat? A pack rat is someone that collects a whole bunch of stuff and never really gets rid of it. Now, you might not necessarily be a pack rat, but there’s probably many things that you collect. Why do we collect things?  Is it because they remind...