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Home Sweet Home
June 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here is one of the newest Templates I have created for Touched by a Butterfly, Home Sweet Home template. Some of the newest family photos I received this last week were a perfect fit for this template. Above is my Great Grandparents, Elmer and Mary Matilda Tryon with my Aunt and Uncle. My Mother and [Read On]
Treasured memories
June 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday I received a box of old photos from a Great Aunt on my Grandfathers side of the family. I spent the entire night scanning and editing most of these great photos. This one with the deer was amazing, this was my Great Grandma Mary Matilda “Mattie” and Grandfathers Elmer J. (June) pet dear. This [Read On]
Preservation and Archiving your Family Photos
June 3, 2013 by 4 Comments
Have you started preserving your families photos and now wonder how to properly store them? I use a lot of the Verbatim 96320 UltraLife 4.7 GB 8x Gold Archival Grade DVD-R, 5-Disc Jewel Case for my families old photos, and now found a great way to properly store them. Family Tree Store has an Archival [Read On]
Preserve and Identify Family
May 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
My Grandma left a small selection of family photos, well actually it is only a few boxes worth of photos and documents that my Aunt has been sorting through. There are old negatives we are trying to find ways to get reprinted and scanned for family. I hear all the time of others who have [Read On]
New Branch to our Tree
May 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sandia Mountains New Mexico I was blessed this past weekend to travel to the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico and celebrate my cousins wedding with her. She was my maid of honor nearly 9 years ago when I walked down the isle and being part of her wedding party was such an honor. She [Read On]
Census Research
April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I really learned a lot last year while I volunteered transcribed the 1940’s US Census. It was very fun and educational at the same time. Right now this month’s value pack at Shop Family Tree is the Census Research Value pack. This pack will help you find websites with census records and dates. What [Read On]
US History Pocket Reference
April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Family Tree has a special on this handy Genealogist resource, The Genealogist’s U.S. History Pocket Reference. In this book you will find resources that will help you better understand the eras in which your ancestors lived. You will also have a quick reference of historic events that your Ancestors may have been part of. My [Read On]
Great Deals on your Research Tools
April 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Finding the right tool to research your family history can sometimes be hard to find. My favorite place to get my resources and take classes is through Family Tree University and Shop Family Tree. Right now through April 10th, the editors picks are 50% off. Great time to grab what you may need for researching [Read On]
More on Andrew…
March 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
My cousin has been researching our brick wall to Great Great Grandfather, Andrew E. Tryon. This gentlemen seems to be a tricky person to find information on. She did find a relative that shed some some light to us and he may have had a family prior to my Great Grandfather Joseph E. Tryon and [Read On]
