4th
January
2015
Adding branches
Better to err on the side of caution and get busy. Writing this post, I mean. Before the power goes out.
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Adding branches
16th
May
2014
OPA (other people’s ancestors)
There. Enough turning over the virtual rocks, looking for traces of OPA (other people’s ancestors). Unless a person has the need to know who their forebears were (rare, unless there is a title or monies involved), looking at research done by someone else is like… oh, I don’t know… checking out a bowl of cornflakes served up by someone else. Probably tasty, if you are hungry. Otherwise.
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18th
October
2013
Missed the eclipse
I read somewhere that one should not criticize unless one can do better. I don’t suffer advice. After watching two new shows this evening, with comedy veterans Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes, I’ll cut to the chase. I am critical, and I won’t suffer either program. There has to be something else to do before sleeping on the weekend.
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8th
October
2013
Climbing the stairs
From time to time, I need to root. For the roots of others. I’m “one of those”, a genealogist, and there’s real satisfaction in digging out the connection between two other people. Particularly if they don’t already know about it. And every quest starts with a climb.
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30th
August
2013
The ties that bind
For the detective gene in all of us, there’s no better hobby than… wait for it… genealogy. Seriously. When there’s nothing else to, or lots, a bit of tree climbing will get the old endorphins moving in the bloodstream. And you will probably add another brick or two in your own personal wall.
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21st
September
2010
The story is real, and you should have changed the names
In the upside-down cake world called high school, there are certain things that can “take the edge off”. Leading the list, music and drama programs. Don’t take my word for it; tune in to the new season of Glee. Although not a realistic rendition of my own time in the trenches, I look back on my time under the baton as well spent.
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10th
September
2009
The value grows, day by day
A couple of days ago, I happened into a discussion involving the word fonds. Not one of the common words, learned from my Dick and Jane reader. In retrospect, I’d never heard the term before a couple of years ago, but that shows my lack of contact with the archival mentality.
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29th
July
2008
Search, compile, forward to interested party
Once the family history disease (which is not the same as a history of family disease) has taken hold, a relapse can occur at any moment. Something as simple as visiting the family leaves your body racked with spasms, in need of more and more detail. Talking to someone about the relative behaviours of dogs in the family; same result.
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27th
December
2007
Aimlessly rooting around
I’ve been a “collector of names” for decades now. I was reared to believe that it was important to know who was related to who; just in case, you know. My father wasn’t much help in all of this, but my mother remains a goldmine of tidbits, covering half of the country and more. Ergo, it’s a genetic trait.
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11th
October
2007
Charted genes
I’m just a searcher, I’m just a seeker… no, this isn’t the first line to my next hit single. Rather, it describes the mindset of anyone who passes time in that most addictive of pastimes; genealogy. Lots of us do it. We all learn that this is one of those personal interests that will last more than a lifetime. The adjective “”finished” is not part of the wordlist.
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