Archive | December 2011

Last week’s research activities

Dec28
  • Research and document my findings for
  1. Viola Drury
  2. Sarah Elizabeth Love
  3. Belva Adeline Hatch
  4. Jerusha Jane Carroll
  5. William Bennett
  • Update both my Freepages site and WorldConnect database and email a RootsMagic backup to my Gmail account
  • Add 2 direct-line ancestors to my research wiki
  • Keep working on the headstone photos at Chatt-Jessie Cemetery

“My name is Earl and I have this list…”

Unlike Earl, I haven’t touched my “list” this week. As you have probably already figured out, I am in the process of a major web site revamp. But, I think I’m about done with the heavy lifting, so I can get back to research very soon.

I needed the break anyway… :)

Before…

Dec27

My current “genealogy site” consists of

  1. A WordPress.com blog- free
  2. Picasa Web Albums- 1GB free
  3. A PBworks wiki- free
  4. A RootsWeb FreePages account- free
  5. A WorldConnect database- free

That’s a mouth-full! All linked together, of course. But still separate…kinda confused, jumbled around…but all FREE…

In the past, I have also maintained a hosted web site, using different genealogy and image gallery programs. Less than $100/yr, but a lot of work. And I was never really satisfied with the outcome. I couldn’t find an image gallery that I liked, and there was no way to directly connect the online genealogy software to my desktop RootsMagic database. Each had to be updated separately: they just didn’t work and play well together!

Still, I’ve been thinking about going back to a hosted site. Two reasons: more control of my site’s appearance and my dissatisfaction with Picasa Web Albums.

After reading Pat Geary’s ebook Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts, I got to thinking…

In this series
It’s coming…wait for it…
An old toy, now unloved?

An old toy, now unloved?

Dec26

First of all, thanks to Pat Geary of Genealogy Computer Tips & Tutorials for writing this very handy (and free!) ebook.

I have had a RootsWeb FreePages account for many years, actually one of the first things I did when I been researching my family history. I have re-done my site many times, using many different programs, but it was still not much more than an after-thought. I just kind of tossed my GEDCOM up to it and forgot about it.

Then I read Pat’s ebook…

In this series: It’s coming…wait for it…