by Jennifer Zinck | 27 March 2016 | Cousins, General, Holidays, Photographs
As the first grandchild, I was the lucky recipient of Harvey, the bunny that my grandfather won at Wolfe’s Bakery, one of the yummiest places of my childhood. In this picture, it seems as though I was more interested in the candy or whatever else was going on in...
by Jennifer Zinck | 26 March 2016 | General, Vital Records
Back in 2013 the genealogical community celebrated Halloween with pedigree death charts. This is the kind of thing we do for fun. I played along here. This week our friend J. Paul Hawthorne sparked a renewed interest in sharing of genealogical pedigrees, this time...
by Jennifer Zinck | 25 January 2016 | General, Photographs
This question comes up quite a bit in genealogy discussions. “If you find a picture on Find A Grave and you live too far away to take your own picture, is it legal to copy the picture?” As usual, there are statements like, “Why do they post the photo...
by Jennifer Zinck | 18 November 2015 | DNA, Forensic Genealogy, General, Genetic Genealogy
“Mommy, Brother says I’m adopted!” I’ve heard that before, when my oldest son convinced my second son that he was adopted. It seems to be the thing for siblings to do. A decade later, when my second son tried it on his little sister, this mom was prepared. Come over...
by Jennifer Zinck | 15 November 2015 | General
Raw notes – Sale at the end. Katherine welcomed everyone to the ISOGG meeting. She gave some background on ISOGG and how it was founded. She showed photos of ISOGG members at booths or on outings in places such as Burbank, London, Dublin, and Glasgow. Katherine...
by Jennifer Zinck | 14 November 2015 | General
Today was the first day of the 11th conference. I am having trouble loading my large photo files so I’ll publish notes now without them to avoid delay. As usual, these are rough notes that I typed during the conference so if you need clarification, please ask. I...
