There are 11 newly-discovered genealogy and family-history related blogs that we’ve located this week. Remember to try and help out these new blogs by:

• using any follow feature listed on the blog
• adding them to your blog reader
• adding a comment on their blog saying “hi” and “welcome”

Here are this week’s new listings:

Ancestral Road
http://ancestralroad.blogspot.ca
Blog type: Canadian genealogy, Individual family history

Welcome to Ancestral Road – my new blog about our family history. I’m excited and just a little bit overwhelmed to begin this project. I hope that I do a good job with it. I hope that someone reads it. I hope that some distant cousin will learn something they didn’t know about their own ancestors.

The plan is to document and share the family history information that I have discovered about my and my husband’s ancestors. We are both from the Canadian branches of our family trees. Our roots are in the United Kingdom – England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Members of our families emigrated to Ontario Canada at various times between 1842 and 1912.

I’ve been doing research on my own family tree on and off for many years. I was lucky to have begun when I was quite young. My grandparents and some other elder relatives were still around then to get me started and answer questions. Even so, I still ended up with a small collection of photos that I have no idea who they are. There are so many things that I wish now I’d asked them. I have kept some of those early notes including the first list of questions where I asked my grandparents what their first names were.

If you were also doing research when I began my genealogical quest, you will remember what a different world it was. Long before computers and the internet, it was a slow process. Sometimes the only way to get the details of an event was to travel to the location where it had taken place. This meant for many blanks in my research.

The past number of years have been a wonderful time to be doing family history. With more and more information becoming available online, many of my details have now been filled in leading to earlier generations. It was a much quicker process when a more in depth search was begun about 5 years ago into my husband’s family in preparation for a family reunion.

If you are a cousin of some sort, please say hello. If your own research points in a different direction than mine,  I’d like to hear about that too.  If you are someone like me who has a passion for family history and you’d just like to share some thoughts, feel free to contact me as well.

charnwoodgenealogy
http://charnwoodgenealogy.wordpress.com
Blog type: Individual family history

My name is Simon Last and I set Charnwood Genealogy up as I have always had a passion for history and genealogy and have researched into my own family history over the last few years. Having studied genealogy and obtained a Post Graduate Certificate in Genealogy through the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, I have helped several people discover their family history and developed their family trees. Charnwood Genealogy offers a unique and friendly research service for those wishing to discover more about their own family history.

Family Tree for KD
http://familytreekd.tumblr.com
Blog type: Individual family history

A place to collect all the family tree and family history stuff I have found, collected and created online.

Finding the Family
http://findingthefamily.wordpress.com
Blog type: Individual family history, UK genealogy

I live in Wales but am researching Scottish, English, Irish,  but not Welsh, ancestors! I’ve been a researcher by trade for more than 25 years, but it was only 2009 that I began to research my family history in earnest. Since then I have traced all lines of my family back to at least my great-great grandparents and as far as 10 generations back in two cases. I love the challenge and satisfaction of tracking down evidence, and building up a case from multiple sources. I am fascinated by the stories behind the names and dates: who my family were, what they cared about and how they lived.

Names that I am currently interested in:

Bell (Cumberland)
Sisson (Cumberland)
Huggon (Cumberland)
Brodie (Edinburgh, Dublin, Kinloss)
Shaw (Jamaica, Edinburgh)
Forrestal/Forreston (County Wexford)
Finlay (County Antrim)
Richardson (Edinburgh)
Gill (Aberdeen)
Walkingshaw (Newbattle)
Bee (Dalkeith)
Spencer (Leicestershire)
Neal (Leicestershire)

Genealogy Campfire
http://sitnbullscampfire.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

During my searching through Ancestry.com and Family Search, I have been unable to find either my father Joe Kerr (he is 94 and alive but has severe dementia) or my deceased mother Dorothy Hamilton Kerr in the 1940 census.  I intend to blog about my search for them.  When successful, I have several other quest which will add relevance to my blog.

Kyle Dane Family History & Genealogy Blog
http://danegenealogy.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

Every few years, I pick up my genealogy research projects and try to do some work. I figured this time, I would keep a diary of sorts of the project that I hope will be useful to my family and other family history researchers.

The families I have done the most research on are: (from New England): Dane, Edmands, Thacher, Sherman, Cushing, Smith, (from the Midwest): Conrad, Murray, (from the Virginias): Sutton, Ashworth, Henry. My wife’s families include Montoya and Rojas (Mexico), Robertson, Pond (New England), and MacDonald (Nova Scotia). Of course, I have many other branches that I work on intermittently, mostly gathering information from research I find on the internet, and there’s a lot to be found.

If you don’t know, I wrote a short book on my family histories, which is available through my website: http://www.kyledane.com, but it’s no best-seller. In fact I’ve never sold a copy, I’ve only given them away to my immediate family. But I wouldn’t mind, so let me know if you want one.

I’ll enjoy posting this for all to read, and I hope to hear back from anyone who finds the information useful or entertaining.

One Big Circle
http://onebigcircle1.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

For the last 21 years I have been researching my family history and genealogy.  It has been an amazing journey and I have learned more about myself from finding my ancestors.  I wanted to create a webpage to keep updates and finds attached to my Rootweb.com site but found a Blog suited my need better.  I am hoping to do a blog a week on who I am researching, who I am looking for, and maybe even add some research tips.  I have done over 100 genealogies for others and I am always willing to help someone who is just starting out or has hit a brickwall.

ReelGenie Blog
http://blog.reelgenie.com
Blog type: Genealogy vendor blog

At ReelGenie we’ve been in “production mode” to get our digital storytelling platform ready for its close-up. We’re pretty sure that anyone interested in genealogy, family history and storytelling will want to check out all the features at ReelGenie. We promise it’ll be worth the wait!

In the meantime, we are ready to unveil the ReelGenie blog which lets you stay informed about our latest developments. What can you expect? Here’s a peak:

Updates on the release of ReelGenie and new features added to provide you with the best online storytelling platform.

- Guest blog posts from leaders in the family history and storytelling industries with tips on the importance of family stories.

- Tips and tricks on using ReelGenie.

- Completed videos from ReelGenie customers with the “backstory” on how their family movie was produced and the reaction from friends and family.

Make sure you’re also following ReelGenie on Facebook and on Twitter. We invite you to join in the conversation about why preserving and sharing family stories matters to you.

Relatively Frank
http://relativelyfrank.wordpress.com
Blog type: Individual family history, UK genealogy

Charles Clark Frank (1871-1950) – countryman, soldier, writer – was my grandfather. I never met him but after my dad died, my mum gave me several carrier bags crammed with dusty, dirty old papers and said ‘You might like to read these’. My heart sank. The Essays. Dad had mentioned them many times. They had lurked in the dark recesses of the garage ever since I could remember. I pictured myself poring over long worthy-but-dull tracts. I felt obliged to at least start, as it was unlikely anyone else was going to, and dad had kept them for so long.

Reluctantly, I hoicked one at random out of the pile. After I’d stopped sneezing, I began reading; continued reading, and – yes – became hooked.

As a member of the Scarborough Essay Society or SES (which seems to have included members as far afield as London!) grandfather wrote essays on a wide range of topics, from fishing the River Dove in his beloved Yorkshire Moors, to a lyrical description of Anna Pavlova’s dancing, embracing subjects as divers as the duties of a Special Constable, a comparison of two Shakespeare characters, and a dragonfly alighting near his knee in the middle of an enemy bombardment on the Somme in 1916.

The essays were written between 1898 and 1933, some are good, some not so good, and some are amazing. Many have the criticisms of fellow SES members attached – which really enriches them (when I can read the hand-writing…). However, all SES members wrote under a pen-name – grandfather’s was ‘T’Moor Poult’ (or TMP) – so I have no idea who ‘Gimcrack’, ‘Paul Pry’, ‘Agricola’ or even ‘Δ’ were.

To date, I’m about half way through reading  the essays (about a hundred in all) and am astonished at how enriching the experience has been – leading me up and down all sorts of fascinating avenues, and I feel I’m getting to know my grandfather. I hope that eventually, they can be shared in some way, but in the meantime, I’ve started this blog as a tribute what ‘Gimcrack’ might have called my grandfather’s ‘esprit de plume’.

And it’s for my dad, too. My dad, Charles Godfrey Hugill Frank, gave me many things (including for my birthday once, many years ago, a fire extinguisher!), but he also gave me many gifts. Not least among these is a love of words, and it’s this which has, I believe, helped me to finally understand, to a small degree at least, the essence of an often puzzling man – my dad.

The Family Treasure Box
http://thefamilytreasurebox.blogspot.com
Blog type: Hungarian genealogy, Individual family history

We will be learning together about my Hungarian side of the family. The immediate surnames are Farkas, Papp, Simon and Szam from Mezőkövesd and Dudar. If any of these names look familiar to you, please contact me and let’s talk.

The Stubby Currence Project
http://stubbycurrence.com
Blog type: Individual family history

The Stubby Currence Project is an endeavor to share and learn more about the late V.L. Currence of Bluefield, West Virginia — a writer, editor and lover of all things sports.

On this blog, we’re be talking mostly about a region known by many names: Our Grand Area, Four Season Country, the Two Virginias.

Both Bluefield, West Virginia., and Bluefield, Virginia., and their nearby towns are a beautiful places to live and visit. Even Lassie loves it.

Thanks for visiting The Stubby Currence Project!

© 2013, copyright Thomas MacEntee

There are 15 newly-discovered genealogy and family-history related blogs that we’ve located this week. Remember to try and help out these new blogs by:

• using any follow feature listed on the blog
• adding them to your blog reader
• adding a comment on their blog saying “hi” and “welcome”

Here are this week’s new listings:

Cubbage Genealogy
http://cubbagegenealogy.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

Thoughts, stories, questions, and images from my quest to know more about my ancestors.

Digging Up Roots – My Journey Into The Past
http://washlergenealogy.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

Welcome to the blog!  I’ve decided to start a new blog to “journal” my genealogy journey.  Admittedly, this is not a new journey – I have been doing genealogy research for several years and have made tremendous progress in tracing several lines back even into the 1500s.  It is just recently, however, that I have gotten serious enough about my research to go back, and begin the process of fully documenting what I have collected so far.  This is the real challenge – to prove the family “legends” and suppositions that others have taken as “fact.”

The research I have been doing follows both my father’s family (the ancestors of Donald Washler and Mary Hablawetz) as well as my mother’s family (the ancestors of Earl Link and Hannah Hill).  Surnames include Washler, Hablawetz, Farver, Nicholls, Hill, Link, and Paessler.  Localities cover mostly Indiana and Ohio, but it appears I will be heading into Pennsylvania, and overseas to Germany and other countries in the near future.  My posts will range from family findings to research tactics and just posts about genealogy in general.

I hope you enjoy!  Please share your thoughts and comments at any turn.

Family Preserves
http://tlcmeyers.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

I think there is an individual or two, in each family on this planet who are genetically predisposed to record and preserve their family history. In my family, it’s me; although I didn’t realize it until I was in my early twenties and I didn’t really get started in this rewarding hobby until my mid-thirties – about, ehmm, 13 years ago.

From a very young age, while sitting at my Grandparents’ knee or when they thought I was asleep, I would hear many a family story. I didn’t know it then, but those stories were the genesis of my interest in preserving our family history. I only realized this after my oldest son was born in 1988; by that time both sets of my Grandparents were deceased and I was saddened by the fact that my children would never know them or hear their stories.

The availability of online records has opened new doors for my research, and inspired me to seek out as much information as possible about my family’s history. As a result, I have been researching online, in-person, and through extensive letter writing to overseas archives, individuals and many other sources. Preserving my Grandparents’ stories and learning the stories of my ancestors is a passion and one that I enjoy sharing with my sons.

Family Preserves will include not only the history of my direct ancestors but also the other branches of our family tree and the stories they have to tell. It will also include some of the history of the places and times for the ancestors and entries about family traditions – past and present – family recipes, etc.

I Remember You
http://itsagenealogistslife.blogspot.ca
Blog type: Canadian genealogy, Individual family history

I have been working on my family tree for the past 15 years. I enjoy every aspect of the hunt. I have taken numerous courses and spent hours in libraries and sitting at my computer. I look forward to working on compiling my research into a format that is interesting to readers and especially family members.

Letters from the Past
http://pastletters.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

Years ago, my mother gave me a shoebox full of old letters, photos, notes and postcards all jumbled up together in a big tangle. Since that time, those slips of paper have stayed in their box, and I thought it was time they saw the light. I’m just posting the contents of the letters (and a few photos) in their entirety, hoping maybe some genealogy fans or history buffs will find them interesting.

I’m not editing these or putting them in any kind of chronological order. The photos might not even show the people mentioned in the letters. From box jumble to blog jumble, it’s all staying much the same.

Lucas and Cummins Heritage
http://www.dixie9.com
Blog type: Australian genealogy, Individual family history, UK genealogy

Australian genealogy branching to Cornwall, UK, Scotland and Ireland and our convict past. Surnames include, Lucas, Pinkerton, McLachlan, Paton, Miller, Mundy, Prisk, Melrose, Bray, Hodges, Leahy, Davis and many others. A place for our family members close and afar to gather with the aim that our united effort will link all our branches into one tree.

Matthews & Davis Family Trees
http://matthewsdavies.blogspot.com.au
Blog type: Australian genealogy, Individual family history

Genealogy is a bit like working on a jigsaw with all of the pieces turned upside down and no picture to guide you. To the best of my knowledge there is no collective word that can describe people who like jigsaws but apparently there is one for genealogy. It’s not a terribly exciting description and for some people genealogists are just those distant members of your family who enjoy digging into the family archives looking for a bit of gossip that they can bore other members of the family with at Christmas time and other family gatherings. You know who I mean!

Whatever you think about genealogy one thing is for sure it’s addictive, puzzling, frustrating, annoying, rewarding and sometimes all these things and more at the same time! Genealogy research can help you learn about your family’s unique history, its origins, its traditions, whether your relatives were famous or infamous! Your family history is unique and deserves to be preserved and passed on to future generations. They will thank you for it one day.

Depending on which web site you use for your information the interest in genealogy via the web is up there with e-mail, social networking and pornography, not really sure what that means but apparently its true. Type the word ‘genealogy’ into Google UK and you get about 296,000,000 results so something must be going on.

I started, like most novices to genealogy, with a desire to identify all of the family branches including each maternal and paternal parent within my tree. It was going to take me a few weeks and I would complete my work with a wonderfully bound book describing each and every person in great detail not forgetting photographs and a detailed family tree chart to hang on the wall! Yeah right…

My first search for a past family member began with me looking for my Great Grandfather, George Matthews, he turned out to be called Thomas Henry Matthews. Family stories about this mysterious man had always been told in hushed tones or not at all, he was just what I was looking for! What scandalous events had taken place in his life and what was the connection between a Grandfather and an Uncle of mine? Why didn’t anyone in my family ever talk about a Great Grandmother who had been married on three different occasions? These questions and many, many more are what make genealogy, let’s say, at times very interesting!

So, this is my family tree presented via this blog. The links on the right of the page will take you to information that I have discovered about many of the family branches and of course the individuals, where identified, in each branch. There are some links to photographs, birth and marriage certificates and other bits and pieces I have found along the way.

If you find anything that you want to ask me more about or have a question about please contact me via the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.

One final comment. This is and will always will be a work in progress, there are gaps and there are question marks so if you can help me fill in the gaps or have answers to the questions please do so. Constructive feedback is always welcome.

Memoiren eines Waldschrats (What I Left Behind)
http://tomschrat.wordpress.com
Blog type: German genealogy, Individual family history

I reproduce old photos of my relatives past. Although it’s mostly in German language, it could be interesting for Americans with German ancestors. For example there was “Uncle Fritz” in New York, who became uncle only by a postal mistake, who nearly saved my father while he was a POW in France.

St. Gabriel’s 125^th Anniversary
http://stgabriels125thanniversary.blogspot.com
Blog type: Florida genealogy

A blog about St. Gabriel’s celebration of the 125th anniversary of the completion of the church building. Take a glimpse into Titusville news during the weeks preceding completion of construction and the first service May 31,1888 by reading excerpts from the “Florida Star”.

Sandi’s Family History
http://sandishistory.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

Hello! I’m Sandi and this is where I post about my family history research. I decided to share my research publicly in the hope that it will help others with their own research, and will connect me to people with similar interests or even the same ancestors as myself.

I’ve been doing this type of research since I was twelve years old (I am nearly 25 now!) but my dedication to it grew significantly when I moved away from home to go to college. I run my own tree on Ancestry.com (over 4000 individuals!) as well as trees for several friends. I am very interested in genetic genealogy and have participated thus far in AncestryDNA and 23andMe DNA tests.

I am an archaeologist, currently pursuing my Master’s degree. I work primarily in the Middle Atlantic region and in the historical period (from the arrival of Europeans onward). Research is a critical skill in archaeology, and I have found that my experience in genealogy prepared me well for documentary research. In turn, learning more about research for archaeology has expanded my genealogical research skills.

My grandparents moved several years ago and had to downsize. Most of the family papers and photos ended up at my parents house, much to my gleeful surprise. Since then I have embarked on an ambitious project to scan and catalog all the photos, to scan and transcribe all the documents, and to photograph all the heirlooms so that all may be preserved in perpetuity and be made public and accessible to others via the internet. These things make regular appearances here on the blog. It is an ongoing project, though, and I doubt I will ever be truly finished with it.

I am particularly interested in the roughly 100 years that my Overington ancestors (and related families) lived in Frankford, Philadelphia. This is part of my family tree that I have extensive documentation of. I took a class in Geographic Information Systems as a graduate student and for my final project I created a digital model of the area my ancestors lived in using historical maps for 1910, 1920, and 1929 – these years specifically so I could tie in census data and create a visual, geographical model of demographics by household. This, too, is an ongoing project as I work to expand the study area to the entirety of Frankford, to process even more census data, and to add additional census years to the study. This doesn’t make many appearances on the blog, but I hope to one day write a good long post (or several) about my findings.

If you’re still here, I’d like to add that I am always happy to help out others when I can. I have already met many residents of Frankford through this blog, and it is a joy to illuminate some small part of their neighborhood’s history with the information I have about the Overingtons. I have also met several distant cousins through this blog and through my Flickr and Ancestry accounts, and if you think we might be related I would be delighted to hear from you.

Additionally, if you think my research methods are flawed or I have any incorrect data, I welcome critique and suggestions so long as they are presented respectfully.

South Bend Area Genealogical Society
http://www.sbags1.blogspot.com
Blog type: Indiana genealogy, Genealogical society blog

The South Bend Area Genealogical Society was established in 1976, to promote the collection, preservation and dissemination of knowledge and information with reference to genealogical and related historical data, and to instruct in research and documentation of said data.

The Society was conceived in 1975 by Laureen Bostedt and Fay Lies, with Prudence Michael and Carol Collins as advisors.

The first organized meeting was held January 22, 1976 in the Schuyler Colfax Auditorium of the South Bend Public Library under the direction of Jeanne Denham, President.

The Green and Miranda Families
http://greeneandmiranda.com
Blog type: Individual family history

I first became really interested in learning about my family’s history after the birth of my son.  His baby book had a mini-family tree, and I realized I could not even name one of my great grandparents.  Once I started digging a bit, I began to learn more about my background and what events shaped the lives of my ancestors.

One of the most interesting things about the combination of families of my four grandparents is their history in North America.  Miranda is the name I know the least about, but has been in the United States since the mid 1850s.  Our oldest traced Miranda was by oral tradition part Yaqui Indian, a tribe that has its traditional home in Northwestern Mexico.  Many Yaquis came to the United States starting in the mid-19th century.  The Greene name is rich in history, and thanks to the dedicated work of past researchers, has a quite well-documented history in the United States dating back to the 1630s, with at least three associated branches linked back to the Mayflower.  Some researchers have taken the line back to England and even Normandy, France.  Our Vielma line has been in the United States since the early 1900s, and we have traced it back to late 1700s in Northern Mexico, with associated lines back to the early 1700s.  The Despatie line has been in the United States since the late 1800s, but was previously in Quebec, Canada from the mid-16o0s.  Several researchers have taken the line back to northern France.

It is safe to say that my family is strongly North American – two grandparents spoke Spanish as a first language, one spoke French as a first language, and the other spoke English as a first language. I hope this site can serve as a resource for other members of my respective families, for future generations, and perhaps even for those distant family members I have not yet discovered!

The Otter Lake Express
http://thefamilyofmichaelmccormack.wordpress.com
Blog type: Individual family history

Hello, my name is Jeff Ford. I started this blog to tell the stories and adventures of Michael and Catherine McCormack (my great great grandparents) and their family.

Unearthing the Skeletons
http://unearthingtheskeletons.wordpress.com
Blog type: Individual family history, UK genealogy

I can still remember the first time I started to take an interest in my family history when,  as RE homework, aged about 13, we were asked to draw up a family tree. This required me talking to my two remaining grandparents to try to get as much information as possible. What struck me was that they didn’t really know a great deal about their ancestors as most had died at a young age and children were expected to be seen and not heard.

My research really began as I was researching my final year dissertation at university. During my research, I happened upon a book listing those who had been pilots on the River Mersey. Remembering that my grandad had told me that his grandfather had been a pilot, I looked him up. To my delight, there he was, complete with year and death of birth. That was it – I was hooked.

During my research, I have unearthed many skeletons and also discovered some people to be truly proud of. I am firmly of the belief that you cannot change your past and each event has, somewhat, shaped us into being the people we are today so, with this in mind, I aim to share some of the more scandalous and amazing stories from my family history.

I welcome your feedback so please feel free to leave comments.

If you would like to contact me regarding anything you have read, I can be contacted at karenfamilyhistory@gmail.com

Your Cousin Caron
http://yourcousincaron.blogspot.com
Blog type: Individual family history

Sharing family stories and pictures, interesting sources, helpful hints and other random thoughts related to genealogy and family history with all my “cousins”.

© 2013, copyright Thomas MacEntee

There are 7 newly-discovered genealogy and family-history related blogs that we’ve located this week. Remember to try and help out these new blogs by:

• using any follow feature listed on the blog
• adding them to your blog reader
• adding a comment on their blog saying “hi” and “welcome”

Here are this week’s new listings:

Ancestors and Cousins
http://ancestorsandcousins.blogspot.com/
Blog type: Individual family history

The quest for locating my ancestors began for me in 1999. It has been a fabulous hunt which is not quite finished! In school my least favorite subjects were history and geography, my, oh, my how I have changed! Genealogy is my passion and I have searched for the ancestors of many friends and almost cousins (we believe we are related but have not found a definite link), too, basically in the USA where my ancestors settled.

My blog will not only include the history of my ancestors but also of the various other branches I have been and am still in the process of researching. I will be including some of the history of the places and times for the ancestors I find along with a few entries regarding traditions, family recipes, etc.

Christina George Genealogy
http://christinageorge.wordpress.com
Blog type: Genealogy education blogs, Professional genealogist blog

I have been interested in genealogy since I was about ten years old.  I was especially intrigued by my grandmother’s mysterious family origins, and wondered if we’d ever discover more about her family. The availability of online records has opened new doors for my research, and inspired me to seek out as much information as possible about my family’s history. As a result, I have been researching my family, and that of my friends & coworkers, for about ten years — online, in-person, and through extensive letter writing to overseas archives, individuals and many other sources. I am absolutely obsessed with genealogy and would love to help you learn more about your family’s history too.

On this blog I will post general genealogy stories, and I strive to post at least one old newspaper article each day. I also love to share stories that are of interest to those of Eastern European ancestry, especially Carpatho-Rusyns. My personal studies have primarily focused on American genealogy and people with European ancestry — especially from the eastern parts of Europe (Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Greece, etc.) However, in most cases I am able to research families originating from anywhere in Europe. I am a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Cousin Linda
http://cousinlinda.blogspot.se
Blog type: Individual family history, Swedish genealogy

When doing genealogy and family history research I find so many interesting things that hasn’t anything to do with my own family. Still those things makes me curious and I often do a small follow-up and I think a blog is the perfect place to share those findings. It might be a tombstone or a record about someone who lived in the place where I live but 100 years ago.

Rockett’s Landing
http://bboone62.wordpress.com
Blog type: Individual family history

A Place to Share Thoughts about My Rockett Ancestry.

The Antique Dog Photograph Gallery
http://www.antiquedogphotographs.co.uk/
Blog type: Photography blog

All the antique dog photographs on this website are from my personal collection, unless otherwise noted.

I have been collecting photographs of dogs for the last 5 years, inspired my parents who have been collecting all manner of dog related antiques since the 1970′s. I decided to put this website together to share my collection with other collectors and dog lovers.

If you re-post any of my photos on the web I ask that you please link back to this website. Please do not use the images for commercial purposes.

I really hope you find the photographs in this website as fascinating as I do.

If you want to find out a bit more about me I can direct you to my website – I trained as an illustrator and I’m working as a Brand Manager for a UK cycle clothing company.

Lots of lovely things (including more antique photographs) on my Flickr photostream.

The Single Leaf
http://thesingleleaf.wordpress.com
Blog type: Individual family history

During the autumn season, in some parts of the world, the leaf of a tree falls to the ground. Actually, many leaves fall, but one is noticed. It’s colorful. It’s beautiful. It’s similar but not the same as every other leaf that falls from the same tree. Other trees surrounding it are different altogether, yet they too have leaves that fall, with the exception of the evergreens. The leaf. The single leaf. Unique in its color, and pattern, and shape. Its identity is all its own. Its contribution to the surroundings can go unnoticed. Each person is like the single leaf. Without a medium of preservation, the individual’s story deteriorates into oblivion. Acknowledged, the experiences, challenges, and triumphs are added to the collective interaction we admire in the beauty of nature. Each person’s life is like the single leaf, colorful and rich. Once written, it is pressed between the pages of a book to be remembered. Individually, it can be studied, framed, and sometimes even admired. Collectively, the picturesque vision provides wisdom that aides future generations. The value of the single leaf is why I research individuals of the past in the context of family, community, and social history.

I am a serious researcher and a whimsical commentator teaching people how to enjoy pursuing their family history for over 25 years.

My interests are global; my contributions are local as I create the storyline of my own family history.

Vance History Online
http://vancehistoryonline.blogspot.com/
Blog type: Surname blog

While the Vance Family Association has a separate website, the Vance History Online blog was started to help online researchers looking for ideas and information about the Vance surname.  We have background information about the Vance surname, links to online books of interest, community projects to help collect research of interest, and links to message boards and online databases that would help Vance researchers.

© 2013, copyright Thomas MacEntee