New Year’s Resolutions Anyone?
I’m not sure but I think those of us “into genealogy” always have resolutions every New Years. Mine always seem to be around the same theme — getting better control of my “genealogy mess”. This picture hardly gives a real respresentation of what I face. Those are big piles but they are *neat* piles. 🙂
Hard copies from many many different resources. Pictures galore. Scans to be done. Scans done to be labeled. Computer files with names that are not consistent.
Anyone else say — THIS YEAR I RESOLVE TO FIX THIS!
Stay tuned. Help is coming!
What on Earth Do These Have to do with Each Other? 
I usually read the newspaper in the morning while having breakfast. This past week two articles from The Birmingham News were of genealogy|history interest.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in the late 16th century.