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Tips, tricks, and ideas about recording the past so future generations can understand their family history. Learn about great preservation methods, web links, and how to have fun creating your family’s history.

What’s in a Name? | One-Name Study Guide | Terri O’Connell

At one point every genealogist hits the proverbial brick wall in genealogy research. Everything comes to a standstill and we try to decide what we want to know and how we should proceed. The answer will be different for each researcher, and even within separate family lines. For instance…

From Grandma, With Love | Rich Venezia

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin June 7, 2016 Tags: #MyCanvasGBS, family history, family history stories, family stories, grandma, guest bloggers, mycanvas guest blog series, Rich Venezia No Comments

Grandma C. was a special lady. She always knew the right thing to say – always. She was Irish by descent, but cooked a mean Italian Sunday dinner. Perhaps most importantly, she knew how to have a good time. When we visited, it was a tradition to…

You Can Draw A Memory | Sir Leprechaunrabbit

Family Fun, Family History, Guest Blogger By admin May 31, 2016 Tags: family fun, family history, heirlooms, Memories, sir leprechaunrabbit, you can draw a memory No Comments

I was a single, military parent with three (very hyper) little boys, aged nine, seven and four.

It was too easy getting them involved in my genealogy research, because for them it was another adventure!

Our first road trip was to a local cemetery to photograph some stones for a special commission in Ontario.

The Quilt Top Family Tree | Heather Wylie

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin May 24, 2016 Tags: family history, family tree, Heather Wylie, quilt, quilt top, quilting No Comments

I found a quilt top that tells its own story. The names of the women who made its pieces are stitched on each square in a variety of colors and lovingly prepared. The names are my maternal grandfather’s family. When I started closely examining it, I realized…

The Perfect Family History Cemetery Kit

Family History By admin May 19, 2016 Tags: cemetery, cemetery kit, family history, graveyard, graveyard kit, headstone kit, headstones, kit No Comments

If you’re an avid family historian, chances are you’ve wandered around a graveyard more than once searching for ancestors. Regardless of whether you are an old pro, or a beginner, you’ll find there are several handy tools to have with you when visiting a graveyard to archive history. Be sure to include…

Messages From the Past | Connie Yen

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin May 17, 2016 Tags: #MyCanvasGBS, Connie Yen, guest blogger, history, messages, messages from the past, mycanvas guest blog series, postcards No Comments

When I first began collecting postcards, I was primarily interested in cards with local images. I gradually expanded my collection to include holiday and birthday postcards. One day, while browsing through a large rack of postcards at an antique store, I noticed several cards that were all sent to the same address. At that point, my interest in old postcards converged with my lifelong interest in family history…

Saving the Stories of Your Stuff | Elizabeth Swanay-O’Neal

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin May 3, 2016 Tags: ancestry, Elizabeth Swanay-O'Neal, family history, genealogy, heirlooms, photography, preserve, saving, stories, stuff No Comments

“Mommy, where did you get that?”

Hmmm… where did I get that? Did it belong to my grandmother? Or was it my mother’s? Wait… if it was my mother’s, where did she get it? And how did I end up with it? With the everyday busy-ness of life, work, and family, I have found it increasingly difficult to remember my own name some days, much less where I got that antique candy dish.

Creating Your Family Museum | Elizabeth Göesel

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin April 26, 2016 Tags: display, Elizabeth Goesel, family museum, heirlooms, museum, preserving, protect, save No Comments

Today, people are living longer than they did a generation ago. The family landscape has changed dramatically as well. Yet, no matter how long we live, how often we change addresses, the one thing that will always exist is your family’s heritage; that which is passed from one generation to the next that tells about a way of life, traditions and culture.

How to Begin Family History

Family History By admin April 22, 2016 Tags: ancestry, family history, family history tips, genealogy, getting started No Comments

Discovering your family’s history is a thrilling endeavor. Learning family stories, finding heirlooms, and discovering where you came from can link a person to their past and help them establish a brighter future. But as exciting as that journey can be, it can also be overwhelming when just getting started. Where do you begin? Where do you find information about your family, especially if many of your ancestors are already deceased? Here are some tips to help you begin family history.

Family History: From Blog to Book | Lynn Palermo

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin April 19, 2016 Tags: #MyCanvasGBS, blogging, family history, family history blog, family history book, from blog to book, guest blog series, Lynn Palermo, mycanvas guest blog series No Comments

A family history book seems an impossible feat at times.

How does one convert years of research into some semblance of stories and organize those stories along with pictures and documents into a book?

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