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Why I’m Still a Family Tree Newbie

Tree Newbie

Tree Newbie Here

Mama said, “I’m leaving you the family tree.” In 1997, my mom started our family tree by arranging to receive Family Tree Maker Version 4.0 for Christmas. (Remember the colorful, HUGE boxes with the fold open front flap they’d pack a couple of CDs and a thin manual into?) I think it was her first, […]

If you attended RootsTech 2015 and you wandered into the Expo Hall past the heavily staffed, glitzy showcases found front and center, you may have noticed a few vendors (GenMarketplace, ancestorcloud, and RootsBid) promoting and demonstrating something you may have never heard of – an “online genealogy marketplace”. Don’t worry your pretty heads, that’s nothing […]

RootsTech 2015 Review (sorta)

Am back home from attending my first RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City and it was quite a trip. The compound name of it had caught my eye several months ago- “Roots” and “tech”, two of my favorite things, right? I’m an amateur genealogist with a software background. I love researching my family, both online […]

This is my first blog. I’m adopting this “Intrepid Sleuth” persona and starting to put my recent adventures into the wonderful realm of genealogy into a blog for a couple of main reasons: To share our family tree and family history discoveries with my peeps and anyone else who might find it interesting. To share […]

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