Genealogical & Historical Societies

Great Web Sites & Pages – I use regularly
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Rants

My Response to Ancestry’s Business Decisions

Reviews

Book Reviews

The Family Tree Problem Solver: Tried-and-True Tactics for Tracing Elusive Ancestors by Marsha Hoffman Rising – Review by Don Taylor

Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA by Richard Hill – Review by Don Taylor

Software Reviews

Mini-review of CamScanner (within Margaret Lambe’s Prayer Book) 5 Oct 2017
Back to Heredis – 22 Jan 2016
Family Tree Maker for Mac Replacement Search – Part 2 – 17 Dec 2015
My Search for a Family Tree Maker Replacement – Part 1 – 15 Dec 2015
I Switched to Heredis – 6/26/2015

Family Tree Builder for the Mac – 14 Feb 2015

Family Tree Maker Mac 3 – 28 Dec 2013
Heredis 2.1.0 (Mac) – 18 Dec 2012
Backup Solutions – 4 Dec 2012

Website Review

Ancestry’s ThruLines – Review by Don Taylor – March 2019
Website Review – Lost Cousins – Review by Don Taylor
Review – Virtual Genealogical Association – “Reeling ‘Em in with Cousin Bait”

General Help

• Genealogical Education
• How I do it
• My Thoughts

We’re Related – Our Closest Famous Relatives

We’re Related – 02 Mar 2018 – Mine: Barack Obama?
We’re Related – 24 Sep 2017 – Mine:  Dick Clark, Meghan Trainor, & Marilyn Monroe
We’re Related – 04 Aug 2017 – Wife’s We’re Related – Fanning, Roosevelt, & Clemens
We’re Related – 26 May 2017 – Wife’s: Winston Churchill, Bill Gates, Walt Disney
We’re Related – 28 Apr 2017 – Wife’s: Miley Ray Cyrus, Johnny Depp, Michelle Obama
We’re Related – 14 Apr 2017 – Mine: Johnny Cash | Jimi Hendrix | Blake Lively
We’re Related – 17 Feb 2017 – Mine:  John Kerry | Luke Bryan | Carrie Fisher 
We’re Related – 20 Jan 2017 – Mine: Stephen King | Walt Disney| Britney Spears

I decided to quit doing “We’re Related.”  They want the names of all my Facebook contacts and I’ve decided I don’t want Facebook sharing that information.

Surname Saturday

I look at the sources for various surnames in my Brown, Roberts, Howell, and Darling research areas.