As I write this, our world is in the middle of a global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 Coronavirus. It is a scary time. And weird. New phrases like “self-isolating” and “social distancing” and “flattening the curve” are common in our vocabulary from now until who knows when. My work building is closed for 2…
Day two was less about classes and more about interviews & blogging. I was determined to get my 2020 RootsTech Day 1 blog finished and knew that I had to spend some serious time in the Media Hub today. But I was excited to attend at least one session in the morning and then head…
I had all good intentions of getting to an 8am Power Hour session, but my East Coast body said, “Nope.” So I grabbed a few minutes more of much needed sleep while my body was still adjusting to Mountain Time. This is my first year at the Radisson and I love that they give free…
In exactly 16 days I will be on a plane to Salt Lake City for my fourth RootsTech conference and my third as an Ambassador. Here is what I’ve been doing to get ready: Creating a genealogy research list I’m going out a little early to get some time in at the Family History Library….
My favorite photo is of my Dad, Robert Loehwing Horner, in 1926. He was 3 years old. I always knew my Dad to be a big, burly guy. He was 6’4″ tall. To see him in this adorable sailor outfit as a little chunky boy just cracks me up. The family was still living in…
My grandmother, Jeanette Shrum Willett, left us a wonderful handwritten manuscript of her life which she wrote in the mid 1980’s. She was born August 4, 1897 in Bloomington, Indiana and died March 3, 1988 in Salem, Massachusetts. I have been transcribing her manuscript here. You can start from the beginning with Part 1. When…