Etsy Shop Open

While I am attempting to get my Genealogy Binder business going I have opened an Etsy shop.
 
I appreciate everyone checking it out and sharing it.
 
Check out and/or share my Etsy Shop and message me your address and I will send you some free samples of my Perfectly Posh products that I sell to keep my genealogy habit going :D
 
Thank you

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GenealogyBinders?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Term of the day!!

GAZETTEER

a book which alphabetically names and describes the places in a specific area. 

 

An example would be a gazetteer of a county would name and describe all of the towns, lakes, rivers, and mountains in the county.

 

So how would this be a good genealogical tool? 

It can help you located towns within a state and a county.

It can tell you about what life was life during a particular time frame. Maybe you have heard that a family member did a lot of hunting or fishing a particular lake or mountain.  Is that lake in the town in which you believe your family is from?  Remember there are lots of towns and counties in different states with the same names.  Some states have multiple towns with the same name.  This would be a great tool to narrow it down.

Terrific Tombstone Tuesday

Tombstones are an excellent source of infomation.  Sometimes it maybe the only source we have on some information.  Like a birth date for example.  Sometimes we have an approximate year and usually a tombstone at the very least will give a definate year.  Sometimes it will give us a death date and an age.  If you get lucky they will have put the age in years, months, and days and you can calcuate from there.  That really helps.  Of course the information is not always correct.  But its something to work with.

Here is one of my tombstones.




Ettore Colovi  1890 - 1967

This the tombstone of my great grandfather, Ettore Enrico Antonio CALOVI.  Now there is not much information on this particular stone but right of the bat the last name is spelled incorrectly.  That was my families doing.  Ettore came to America in 1909 from Italy, so my guess is when he was asked to spell it that is how it sounded.  I know when he signed his name you can tell the A from the O.  I have also been able to have contact with living relatives in Italy that did advise me of the correct spelling. 

But the misspelling is not a bad thing. (at least in this case) since pretty much every document I have been able to find has the name spelling this way.  Also if I did not know anything about him I could use this infromation to begin my search. 


Here is another stone.



 

 

This is the stone of my grandfather.  As you can see this stone has a little more than normal information about him.  We have the day he was born and died, also a piece of information about his military career.  This is a great stone because it tells you to look in military records as well as any other records you may have planned on searching.

 

 

 

So how about someone shares a headstone.  Also let me add that if you do take pictures of your family's tombstone please visit findagrave.com  See if their burial information is there and share the pictures as well.  It is a great resource for those who are not able to travel to see the stones themselves.  It is also a great resource to help those find out where an ancestor may be buried if they are not totally sure.  

Great Book Monday January 14th, 2013

Here we are again for Great Book Monday!!

 

While I have many books in my genealogy book collection, I decided to take a different approach this week. 

 

I am wondering if there are any of you out there working on creating your own family books.  I know that as I grow my tree one of the things I really want to do is to create a family book.  I would like to create a book about my family for a Christmas gift one year. 

 

One of my issues is do I create one book or two?  I do all my genealogy work for my children.  So my tree has my family and my husbands family.  Now while I know both sides would enjoy the gift a great deal, I do not think either side really cares about the other.  Especially when only our parents have met. 

 

While I have done some work in the form of small books to help my children with projects at school, I have not done anything on a large scale. 

 

So please share your experiences.  Are you working on one?  Do you plan on working on one?  Do you have questions that maybe others or I can answer? 

 

Looking forward to hearing from you!!!

 

:D

 



 

 

 

Great Book Monday

The Organized Family Historian

By Ann Carter Fleming CG CGL

 

Rutledge Hill Press

PO Box 141000

Nashville TN 37214

ISBN: 1-4016-0129-4

 

 

This is a great book for any genealogist who feels the seriously need to organize their collection or for the organized person who is seeking to reorganize or get a few more ideas.

 

 

The book is broken into 3 parts.

 

Part 1 - Organize Your Heritage Trunk

• Where to start
• What do I do with all this stuff
• Books, CDs, Maps, Tapes
• Objects of my affection
• Digital Direction

Part 2 - Organize your Research

• Tools of the trade
• Census: The records count
• Required by law
• Veterans affairs
• Around the town
• Ancestors research roadshow

Part 3 - Organize Your Family History For Publication

• Share your story

This book is full of great information.  There are interview techniques and helpful hints.  Samples of very useful worksheet.  Storage ideas and organization techniques and so much more.  273 pages of pure infomations.

 

While writing this, I researched where you could purchase the book.  I personally purchased some time ago probably from a Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million for about $20.  But now it does not seem that cheap to purchase.

 

Available at Amazon new & used ranging from $55 (used) to $395 (new) or to download on the Kindle for $10.  http://www.amazon.com/Organized-Family-Historian-Genealogical-Heirlooms/dp/B00069QN1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357523841&sr=1-1&keywords=the+organized+family+historian

 

On Ebay -  $28 http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Organized-Family-Historian-How-to-File-Manage-and-Protect-Your-Genealogic-/360551192821?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item53f28698f5

 

Google the ISBN or name and you can find the book else where new and used.  But only a couple of places seem to have the book for less than $50.