I have had many Facebook messages, posting and some emails about the award my blog received from Family Tree Magazine's Top 40 Genealogy Blogs.
Thank you.
Having this honor two years in a row is surprising really. I always gain exciting new blogs to read from the list of those who were nominated. I still enjoy seeing my name in the magazine so I am looking forward to having it in my mailbox.
So, here's some flowers for all my readers. Yes, I know they are stone. This lovely gravestone, I cropped slightly askew so you could see a gravestone in the background. This lady and her husband next to her must have a story. I think I'll find out.
It is what I do, you know....
Showing posts with label Family Tree Magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Tree Magazine. Show all posts
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Winning an Award
I'd like to thank those who nominated me, voted for me and of course, those who read my gravestone blog. This is the second year that I have been nominated and have been honored with this award.
Looking for the other blogs that won this award? Read Family Tree Magazine's article written by Sunny Jane Morton that will be published, in print, soon.
Thank you everyone.
Midge
Looking for the other blogs that won this award? Read Family Tree Magazine's article written by Sunny Jane Morton that will be published, in print, soon.
Thank you everyone.
Midge
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Book Review: Life in Civil War America
Recently I was asked to read over a new book, Life in Civil War America, to be published in late February at the Family Tree magazine, "Shop Family Tree" store. [Here's the link to preorder this exciting new book.] It was written by Michael J. Varhola with a photo commentary by Maureen A. Taylor. It will be published by F&W Media, the parent company of Family Tree Magazine and it is also available at Amazon.com
As you know, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War and Mr. Varhola's update to his popular book, Everyday Life During Civil War America, published in 1999, will be a hit with genealogists and family historians and here's why....
With the push for all of us to have better understanding of the lives of our ancestors, it is essential to read material about not only where your ancestors lived geographically but to be knowledgeable about their work, their food, their houses, their religion, their entertainment and the ways in which they communicated. We all wish we could be time traveler's to visit and talk and get to know them.
For those who are writing a family history of their family during this period of America or who are writing a work of fiction, this book is a must have and a must read.
More than just another reference book, this visually appealing book is an entertaining look at life before, during and after the war. It is not just another book about the battles and their outcomes. I enjoyed it, learned a lot and it inspired me to learn more about my four 2nd great grandfathers who lived in this time, their wives, their children and even their parents and siblings who might have still been living.
I took 15 pages of notes with ideas of ways to learn more about this time period. I has three who served and one who did not. For the first time, I am wondering why one did not serve.
It is chilling to learn that between the years 1861 and 1865, 625, 000 Americans died, which is more that all US personnel killed during World Wars I & II, Korea and Vietnam. How horrible.
Chapters that I enjoyed were the photo appendix by Maureen Taylor, the chapter with the Step by Step ways to get records, the chapter on education (since I am an educator and a genealogist) and the amusing chapter titled Fun & Games.
Thumbs up for this book!
Gravestone pictured here from Old Packer Burrows Cemetery in Groton, CT:
Addison Alonzo GODFREY, Co. C. 21st Reg't Conn. Vol's
Died Feb'y 3, 1880, private was a machinist and in 1870 was living in Groton, CT he rec'd a disability discharge on 2 Jun 1865. He is not an ancestor of mine. I like the patriotic flag emblem at the top of the stone.
As you know, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War and Mr. Varhola's update to his popular book, Everyday Life During Civil War America, published in 1999, will be a hit with genealogists and family historians and here's why....
With the push for all of us to have better understanding of the lives of our ancestors, it is essential to read material about not only where your ancestors lived geographically but to be knowledgeable about their work, their food, their houses, their religion, their entertainment and the ways in which they communicated. We all wish we could be time traveler's to visit and talk and get to know them.
For those who are writing a family history of their family during this period of America or who are writing a work of fiction, this book is a must have and a must read.
More than just another reference book, this visually appealing book is an entertaining look at life before, during and after the war. It is not just another book about the battles and their outcomes. I enjoyed it, learned a lot and it inspired me to learn more about my four 2nd great grandfathers who lived in this time, their wives, their children and even their parents and siblings who might have still been living.
I took 15 pages of notes with ideas of ways to learn more about this time period. I has three who served and one who did not. For the first time, I am wondering why one did not serve.
It is chilling to learn that between the years 1861 and 1865, 625, 000 Americans died, which is more that all US personnel killed during World Wars I & II, Korea and Vietnam. How horrible.
Chapters that I enjoyed were the photo appendix by Maureen Taylor, the chapter with the Step by Step ways to get records, the chapter on education (since I am an educator and a genealogist) and the amusing chapter titled Fun & Games.
Thumbs up for this book!
Gravestone pictured here from Old Packer Burrows Cemetery in Groton, CT:
Addison Alonzo GODFREY, Co. C. 21st Reg't Conn. Vol's
Died Feb'y 3, 1880, private was a machinist and in 1870 was living in Groton, CT he rec'd a disability discharge on 2 Jun 1865. He is not an ancestor of mine. I like the patriotic flag emblem at the top of the stone.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Blogs
I am honored to be included in this list of top 40 blogs. Please consider voting for me in the cemetery category. You can vote every day, if you wish until next Monday.
Vote for Granite-in-My -Blood
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ft40-2011voting
There are so many great blogs listed. Many I don't read on a regular basis so I am going to investigate every "new to me" ones that I can. Thanks for reading this.....
Vote for Granite-in-My -Blood
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ft40-2011voting
There are so many great blogs listed. Many I don't read on a regular basis so I am going to investigate every "new to me" ones that I can. Thanks for reading this.....
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Fab Forty
What kinds of things do you do on a rainy, slushy late February afternoon? Well, I like to push my "geekie-ness" as far as I can by combing technology and genealogy in weird and unusual ways.
I purchased the electronic version of May 2010 issue of Family Tree magazine and downloaded it and decided to put it on my nook. This device reads documents in Adobe Reader format but oftentimes, the pagination and the fonts in the document do not lend themselves to easy electronic reading on devices with small screens, so... imagine my surprise when the page with MY name came out as clear as a bell.
Thought you like to see it. I am so fab forty.
I purchased the electronic version of May 2010 issue of Family Tree magazine and downloaded it and decided to put it on my nook. This device reads documents in Adobe Reader format but oftentimes, the pagination and the fonts in the document do not lend themselves to easy electronic reading on devices with small screens, so... imagine my surprise when the page with MY name came out as clear as a bell.
Thought you like to see it. I am so fab forty.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Arrived!
In today's mail was the 2010 calendar that bears the photograph of my grandmother and her children. I was so stunned to see it on the month for November 2010 as I remember fondly my grandmother's lovely Thanksgiving dinners in her beautiful English Tudor house.
Family Tree Magazine sent me a free copy because I contributed a photo. Thank you Family Tree Magazine!
This photo taken by the Bachrach Studio in Providence RI in 1920, it shows my mother (she hated the big bow) and her brother, my uncle. It is one of the clearest photographs in my collection.
Of course, I needed to photograph it with my mini-Thanksgiving scene on my hearth. You too, can have a 2010 calendar in your home too so why are you still reading this? You should be ordering them right now.
Family Tree Magazine sent me a free copy because I contributed a photo. Thank you Family Tree Magazine!
This photo taken by the Bachrach Studio in Providence RI in 1920, it shows my mother (she hated the big bow) and her brother, my uncle. It is one of the clearest photographs in my collection.
Of course, I needed to photograph it with my mini-Thanksgiving scene on my hearth. You too, can have a 2010 calendar in your home too so why are you still reading this? You should be ordering them right now.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Vote 4 My Blog!
Much to my surprise, I discovered today that this blog has been nominated in the Cemetery category for one of the 40 Best Genealogy Blogs from Family Tree Magazine. Winners will be in the May 2010 issue. Won't you take a moment and vote for me?
Oh, yes, and while you're there, don't forget to vote for the other blogs too!
Thanks!
Midge
Oh, yes, and while you're there, don't forget to vote for the other blogs too!
Thanks!
Midge
Monday, June 30, 2008
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