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“Here we are at the beginning of another year and again hoping and praying that the new year will see a return to some semblance of normal.” That’s what I said this time last year.

Here we are at the beginning of another year and again hoping and praying that the new year will see a return to some semblance of normal. This time last year we thought that would happen once COVID-19 vaccines became available. But it didn’t. Oh, the vaccines became available, but far too many people refuse […]

This year, maybe more than ever, we all look forward to a new year. It will soon be a year since I had a meal in a restaurant with friends, had family or friends inside my house, or even left the house for anything other than necessities. But I’m well, and so is my mother […]

Ten years ago today I put my fears aside and took the leap into blogging. I couldn’t have imagined all the places it has taken me. Looking Back Eight months later, I attended my first national genealogy conference. I’d wanted to do that for several years, but I didn’t know anyone. The thought of being […]

Well, here I am again at the beginning of a new year writing about not getting much genealogy done last year and hoping this year will be different. There is one major difference between 2018 and the past three or four years. I don’t have a major volunteer project that will eat up big chunks […]

Yet another year has flown by in what seems like the blink of an eye. Unlike the last couple of years, I managed a more consistent blogging schedule—even if it was mostly This Week in the Family History posts and photos for Throwback Thursday. I didn’t make much progress on research projects or adding other content to […]