My wife and I explored Southern Illinois this weekend - stopping at several of the hiking paths and other sites along the Shawnee Hills Wine...

This is a picture of Jen and myself a year ago today, on April 22nd, 2012. It's amazing how quickly a year goes by. I a...

Using the "Share Page" at TheOldReader , I have simplified for me the process of sharing posts I find which I feel may be of inte...

The Midnight Ride of William Dawes  - by Helen F Moore (1896) I am a wandering, bitter shade, Never of me was a hero made; Poets have n...

Today is Holoccaust Remembrance Day - the 27th Day of the Hebrew month of Nisan. Contrary to some thought, the day was not chosen to corre...

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heri...

Many years ago I started a series of posts I entitled, "Friday Five" based on the old internet meme of listing five random songs f...

The first day of every month is Data Backup Day. Accidents have been known to happen. We can't predict them, but we can be prepared ...

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heri...

There are some who think discussions of politics and religion don't belong on a genealogy blog, but I disagree. Politics and religion ar...

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heri...

It took a few days, but The Old Reader finally managed to handle the overload on its server from Google Reader users seeking a new home. I ...

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heri...

Every year on St. Patrick's Day I've blogged about the Irish ancestry of my great grandfather, Barney Newmark. He wrote a bio o...

I recommended the photo for this week's Sepia Saturday prompt. It comes from the Harry Truman Library  - and I found it browsing thro...

I've begun looking at various alternate RSS Feed Readers recommended by various Tech sites, such as Macgasm, LifeHacker, and CNET. Fee...

Five days ago I posted a simple survey, asking my readers how they followed the posts on my blog. 70% of the current votes are going tow...

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heri...

Image Source:  Office of Biological and Environmental Research  of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Sense about Science...

I have tried to make this blog accessible in a variety of places. However, I thought I would post a survey to see which of these places are ...