NERGC 2019 officially starts today and as I sit sipping my coffee in the lobby waiting for the first session to begin, there is a real buzz going on all around me. There are many first-timers here who have that gleam in their eye of a genealogy kid in a proverbial candy store. NERGC promises…
You’ve seen it in my previous posts…I love it when genealogy and technology comes together. So, I was very happy to see that one of my favorite genealogy conferences, New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC) had promised a conference app for NERGC 2019 which is taking place in Manchester, New Hampshire this week. I think…
Do you have Irish ancestors in your tree? If you do, you know how challenging Irish research can be. Professional genealogist Donna Moughty specializes in Irish research. In fact, I hired her myself about a year ago through Genealogy.Coach to help me navigate a new Irish branch of my family tree that I didn’t know…
I met Melanie McComb for the first time at RootsTech2018. She and I were both RootsTech Ambassadors. We hung out in the Media Hub, talking genealogy and blogging. We shared some research interests in Connecticut and Massachusetts. I was impressed with her vision and goals for her genealogy career – many of those goals she…
If there was ever a difference between night and day, my check-in experience for RootsTech this year compared to last year was just that. This year, my check-in experience was ridiculously easy. When I registered for RootsTech I opted to get my badge mailed to me. I’m so glad I did. I carried this precious…
Last night I woke up in a panic because I realized I hadn’t made my flight reservations for #RootsTech yet. If you know me, you know this is not typical of me to be disorganized. I’m a list girl. I’m a planning ahead girl. I’m juggling a lot in my life right now and for…