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…and every timeline in its place

Posted in blogs, timelines, tagged on March 21, 2009 | Comments Off

Unscrambling Dovie McBurnett’s list of husbands, 5 at last count, has certainly pointed out the value of a timeline. It has made it much simpler to get all of the “Ex’s” into the correct order and the correct time period in her life. An invaluable tool!
Several months ago, I posted about Timetoast, an online interactive [...]

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Introducing….

Posted in blogs, cemeteries on October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

(drum roll, please!)…The Graveyard Rabbit of Cowtown!
Everything “cemetery” in or around Fort Worth, Texas.
Welcome!

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A new and exciting venture!

Posted in blogs on October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Honorable Terry Thornton has invited me to become a Charter Member of a new organization known as The Association of Graveyard Rabbits:
The Association of Graveyard Rabbits is a group of individuals who are interested in promoting the historical importance of cemeteries, grave markers, and the family history to be learned from a study [...]

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Thank you, Terry

Posted in blogs on July 27, 2008 | Comments Off

of Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi for the neat GeneaBlogger image in the right column!

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The Chart Chick at work!

Posted in blogs, just for fun, technology on July 25, 2008 | Comments Off

Shades of the Departed has a really neat Friday From The Collectors post today! Chart Chick Janet Hovorka of Generations Maps has presented some examples of the type of genealogy charts that Generations Maps can produce, and they are awesome! These are not the usual descendent or pedigree looks. Janet has incorporated old family photos [...]

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A fellow blogger dies

Posted in blogs, in the news on July 14, 2008 | Comments Off

This from Tim of Genealogy Reviews Online:
“Worlds Oldest Blogger” Dies at 108
Olive Riley, known as the worlds oldest blogger, died this past weekend.  Born in 1899, Olive posted regularly on her blog titled All About Olive for about a year and a half (the blog is currently not working).  Since that time, she’s posted over [...]

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Need a dentist?

Posted in blogs on June 12, 2008 | Comments Off

J L Bell from Boston 1775 posted this interesting item from The Massachusetts Historical Society’s site.
Josiah Flagg was a “Surgeon Dentist” in 1796 Boston:

This advertisement assures Bostonians that Dr Flagg:
“Traisplants [sic] both live and dead Teeth with greater conveniency, and gives less pain than heretofore practiced in Europe or America:—Sews up Hare Lips;—Cures Ulcers;—Extracts Teeth [...]

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