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One Week to RootsTech
In just one week I’ll be at RootTech! Each morning at 8:30 a.m. there is a General Session with keynote speakers. Some of them I’ve heard speak before but most of them it will be my first time. One...
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Three Days to RootsTech
Even if you aren’t attending RootsTech you can still enjoy some of the speakers. Each day of RootsTech there will be free live streaming available. Go to RootsTech.org to join in the fun. Live...
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Two Days to RootsTech
One of the keynote speakers at RootsTech is Jyl Pattee of Mom it Forward. She put together a book called “Family History – 40 Ideas for Capturing your Family’s Story”. You can download the eBook for...
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Tomorrow is RootsTech!
I’m so excited for tomorrow (except having to get up way earlier than I normally do). For the most part I think I’m ready. I’ve made arrangements for a puppy sitter for Dune. She is not ready to be at...
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RootsTech: Day 1
Open day of RootsTech is over! At least for me. There was an evening activity at The Leonardo followed by a concert by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir about the music of Irving Berlin. But I didn’t buy a...
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RootsTech Day Two
Lots more great stuff at RootsTech today. You can catch the presentations on the main stage at RootsTech.org. I must make time to at least see the beginning of the keynote speakers this morning. We...
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Last day of RootsTech
Wow! What a conference. This morning’s keynote speaker was David Pogue. He was awesome. They don’t have the videos up yet for today but I’m sure they will be up soon. He was great! My classes today...
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My Grandma Mary Preview
My Grandma Mary by Raelyn Webster | Make Your Own Book Fedex tracking say I’ll be getting a proof copy of the book about my great-great-grandmother, Mary Taylor tomorrow. I’m so excited to see it. I’m...
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Book of the Week – face Book
face BOOK | Make Your Own Book I love the simple concept and layout of this book, described on the title page as “a week in the life of a branch library,” by photographer Keith Pattison. I wonder if...
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90th Birthday Slide Show – in process
I’m working on a slide show for my mom’s 90th birthday. I love the power of images and music but I forget how long it takes to sort through 90 years of photos even when they are already scanned. I’m...
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90th Birthday Slide Show – complete
Yeah! I got the slide show done for my mom’s 90th birthday. I would have like to have played around with ProShow more but I did learn a bit more with this project. We had it playing in a loop during...
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Book of the Week – Birthday Boy
Birthday Boy by Tom and Marianne O’Connell | Make Your Own Book Since birthdays have been on my mind, I decided to look for a book this week about birthdays. When I found “Birthday Boy” by Tom and...
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Photo Birthday Card Book – preview
Celebrating Nine Decades by Raelyn Webster | Make Your Own Book I got the book done from my mom’s 90th birthday party today and uploaded it to blurb to order. After seeing the preview I might make a...
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Birthday Traditions
Iris’s 90th Birthday Party video With my mind being on birthdays recently I started thinking about birthday traditions. A Google search brings up lots of hits on traditions for kids but not so many for...
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Key West – Underwater Swimmers School
First Underwater Swimmers School Class 1 November 1954 I’m working on a history for my dad about his 20 years in the navy. This is a huge project but right now I’m focusing on the years he was...
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Book of the Week – visions of key west
visions of key west by Ronny and Stephanie Bailey | Make Your Own Book With my dad’s history and Key West on my mind, I went looking for this weeks book and I found “visions of key west – the folk art...
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Geneaquilts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gncBzqI7R-Q#! I came across this new (at least to me) way to visualize complex family trees. It looks very interesting. I’d love to put my...
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a DOABLE approach to sharing your family stories
As I’ve contemplated ways to improve my blog it occurred to me that if you are coming here for the first time there isn’t really any help in getting started. Since my goal is to help everyone...
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Step 2: ORGANIZE: revamping my blog
Since I’m following the DOABLE approach on revamping my blog today it is time for step two: organize. Yesterday I decided that it was time to refocus. I want it to be easy and clear for anyone to get...
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Step 3: ANALYZE: revamping my blog
The biggest thing that my revamped blog will need is a side bar on the left side. I want to put several widgets there, one on getting started and then a widget for each step of the DOABLE approach....
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