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The In-Depth Genealogist – Digital Magazine – Issue 20 – OUT NOW!

The next issue of the digital magazine is available NOW! //e.issuu.com/embed.js//e.issuu.com/embed.jsYou can read my Introduction post HERE and you can follow the column by visiting The In-Depth Genealogist website and subscribing via email or via twitter and Facebook. You can … Continue reading

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One Note >>>Evernote

Over the last year or so I have written about One-Note & Evernote several times. Tuesday’s Tip ~ Embracing OneNote (24th September 2013) Tuesday’s Tip ~ Microsoft OneNote (13th May 2014) Tuesday’s Tip ~ Evernote and Saving Emails (19th November … Continue reading

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Shooting the Past…or is it more than that?

Earlier today I was reading the Lost Cousins newsletter produced by Peter Calver. In that newsletter, Peter mentioned the film Shooting the Past. I can not tell you why I was inspired to seek the film out immediately. I usually … Continue reading

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Apparently I am a potential Rock Star!

Image courtesy of www.imagistic.com My genealogical buddy friend from Down Under, +Pauleen Cass has nominated me for this. You can read the blog post here by the co-coordinator of the event, John who blogs  over at Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. I am probably the … Continue reading

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Outlander – Books, Tartans, History and Scotland

Several years ago I was introduced to the books set Scotland, called the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. The series has progressed and is now on book eight; and each of the books is a whopper!  The initial book in … Continue reading

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My Lost Son – BBC Documentary (Lockerbie Pan Am 103)

Lockerbie Air Disaster MemorialTaken April 2006  – Julie Goucher I recall back in December 1988 hearing the tragic news of the air disaster in Scotland; the bombing of Pan Am 103 heading to the United States.  It was therefore quite … Continue reading

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Excel for Genealogists

A little earlier this week +Cousin Russ asked a question in the Cousin Russ Community about research logs. I responded that I kept a log in a journal and now keep in as a spreadsheet and store it in Google Drive. (I … Continue reading

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Alex Haley – Genealogy Hero or Heel?

image courtesy ofhttp://www.alexhaleymuseum.org/biography/ Yesterday, Thomas who writes Geneabloggers wrote a post with the title Genealogy Hero or Heel? in recognition that the author of Roots would have celebrated a birthday, had they been alive. In 1977 I watched with my family the … Continue reading

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Video: Thousands of Years of Human Migration in Five Minutes

One of the things I love the most about the internet is the facility to share fascinating material, which opens our eyes to some interesting concepts, and some basic ones at that. Yesterday on the Guild of One-Name Studies mailing … Continue reading

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In Remembrance of William James West

William James West 1898 – 1918Image from the family collection of Julie Goucher As we commemorate the beginning of the Great War. Today I am remembering my Grandfather’s first Cousin, William James West (1898 – 1918). The Lives of the … Continue reading

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