Genealogy brings out the nerd in me

I am such a nerd in many areas of my life. The littlest of things can excite me or make me happy.

For instance, genealogy and starting this blog. I started it with the good intention of posting something genealogy related everyday. However, sometimes the shiny things in life draw my attention away and I get sidetracked, which means I probably won't post something everyday. LOL.

In recent months, I have watched several webinars hosted by Legacy and MyHeritage. For most part, they are informative and I most always walk away with a little more insight into researching my ancestors than I had before. I highly recommend signing up for them if you have the time and can. They offer both free and members only webinars. At the end of each webinar, they most usually give away some door prizes and then give you a discount code for purchases on the Legacy website. I used the discount to buy my membership. Although, the cost for a year of webinars is roughly fifty dollars, but I know sometimes fifty dollars can be hard to come by. And with this membership, you have access to their whole webinar library, webinar syllabi, if there is one (which sometimes there isn't) and the ability to view them at your leisure.

I also do a little happy dance when the light bulb comes on and I have an "ah-ha" moment that helps me break through a brick wall. I get so excited. I want to share the news with everyone. I know not everyone is as enthusiastic as I am about genealogy, and some people don't care at all, but I still want to share my victory with them just the same.

I like it when I stumble upon the key to unlock the mystery that is keeping me from finding needed information. For instance, I have been trying for several months to find the death date of an aunt, as well as the death date of a cousin, to no avail. I knew the year they died, and in my aunt's case, I even knew the month, but I could not find any further information. While my cousin did have a memorial on the Find a Grave website, her graver marker just gave the years of her birth and death, nothing more. Just on a whim, I decided to search for my cousin's obituary. Lo and behold, I found it online on an archived newspaper website. Thinking if I could find hers, maybe I could find my aunt's, too, and I did. I broke through two break walls in a matter of a few minutes. These are the moments that make it all worthwhile.

Till next time...peace, love and happiness...Namaste!!