Looking for a kick start writing your family stories? Ready to write your own personal history? Can’t wait to share juicy tidbits you’ve discovered about ancestors? Eager to post stories and discoveries for your family to read? Needing to get all the research you’ve conducted in a readable/consumable format? Wanting Read more…
Thank you to Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy for the opportunity to be an ambassador for the Intermediate Foundations course. I’m going back to school! Extremely excited and honored to be taking the Intermediate Foundations course with the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) as an ambassador this fall. It’s Read more…
Congrats on starting your community project! Now how to get the word out? I’m sharing tips from my experience spearheading the communication and marketing for the 21 Day Family Connections Experiment. Here’s what worked for us! Be Social Meet your audience where they are at! Our project started at the Read more…
Scroll to the bottom for the interview with Jen Allen, event director for Family Search and RootsTech. Share your story, even if your voice shakes. Seven years ago, my friend/social media colleague, Janet, invited me to be a RootsTech ambassador. Share about family history on social media? I’m in! The Read more…
I’ve always loved stories – reading them, writing them, sharing them. Precisely pinpointing where my love of genealogy started proves challenging, but several memories from my childhood come to mind. Though it may seem odd, one of my favorite first family history-related memories took place in a swimming pool while Read more…
Let’s do good together! Whether you have five minutes or lots of time to spare, there are many ways to serve through doing family history! From tagging photos to transcribing texts to reuniting heirlooms with families. This post and the upcoming RootsTech class will help you find a family history Read more…
The clock is ticking! Can you really do family history in just five minutes? This post and the accompanying Rootstech class will help you discover fast and fun ways to make family history part of your daily life. Research suggests that even small amounts of family history may have psychological Read more…
When I stepped foot on the Ricks College campus during the summer of 1999, little did I know that I was retracing my own ancestors’ steps. While it was only my home for four years during college, Rexburg, Idaho, will always have a special place in my heart. One of Read more…
Grateful to be partnering with Havenlight Art for the Let Art Be Your Voice Blog Tour and $200 Havenlight giveaway! All opinions are my own. Every now and then a piece of art speaks to me and strikes a chord in my heart. That’s how I feel about this beautifully-inspiring Read more…
Starting off #NaGenWriMo with a post about my great-grandmother Eda Virgil Smith. Remember, the purpose of #NaGenWriMo is to write and share stories about your ancestors in whatever way speaks to you! Don’t be paralyzed by formalities – write that blog post – share that photo on social media! For Read more…