Family Tree Girl

Join me! Dear Myrtle has a challenge out there to help us get organized. We all need it. I am ready and committed. I want to seek out better ways of storing and organizing my files. I set folders up by surnames, Whew! That is done. Check out Myrtle’s blog:http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/p/finally-get-organized.html Next I have switched to RootsMagic, dumped FTM…

I just heard that you have begun your journey home. I am devastated, eyes watered, and unsure what to say. You are family and a special friend. You are loved and will be missed by your family and friends. I am remembering our discussions about the Goins, McCuen, Mayle, Stevens, Adams in Virginia and West…

Mildred Brand Davis is my great great grandmother on my maternal side and I really don’t know anything about her. As a professional genealogist I need to have a strategy to gain knowledge and guide my research. Walk through this with me and maybe it will help you with some of your research. It is…

As I shared on Facebook, I received and inbox message from a gentleman that says he is helping a friend. Okay and where is this going? I was not familiar with his name, he is not one of my students, etc. So I read on-he says I found you on the internet and you research the…

The 2016 schedule is out. Check out “Who is Nicka Smith” to see the full schedule and information on how to attend. The schedule is jammed packed with something for everyone. I see the some of the instructors from the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute will be on the BlackProGen panel. Here’s the link: http://www.whoisnickasmith.com/genealogy/hear-ye-hear-ye-its-the-2016-blackprogen-hangouts-schedule/#fullschedule

Originally posted on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: A new genealogy society is being formed in Indiana. The East Central Indiana Genealogy Alliance serves the counties of Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, and Randolph. The not-for-profit group is focused on helping those interested in learning more about their family history and supporting local historical societies and…

Originally posted on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: The following announcement was written by the Fairfax Genealogical Society: (Fairfax, Virginia)—The Fairfax Genealogical Society is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting speaker proposals for its 2016-17 programs. Proposals are being sought for monthly general meetings September 2016 through May 2017, monthly education classes September…

Originally posted on Tribeca Chronicles: Ever wonder how a lot of African Americans have Irish last names? Is not because of Irish slave owners, no erase that foolishness……don’t think Gone With The Wind and the O’Hara plantation. What a lot of people don’t know is that Irish were slaves too, hundreds of thousands were sent…

Originally posted on segment-ology: So you are thinking about getting an autosomal (atDNA) test, but are not sure where to start. This blog post will walk you through several steps to help get you started. An atDNA test will result in a list of Matches based on shared DNA. Almost all of these Matches are…

Originally posted on Afroculinaria: http://munchies.vice.com/articles/a-peoples-history-of-cornbread-stuffing Enjoy this introduction to kush, the original Southern cornbread dressing, a dish born between Africa and America with roots squarely in the Old South. There’s a recipe!!! Enjoy these pics of me making kush on a plantation in North Carolina and stuffing it into quails that were roasted in a…