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The Lord of the Rings Family Tree Project

How big a fan of Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” series are you? It is unlikely that your love of the series, and the characters in it, is as intense as Emil Johansson’s is. He has created a giant family tree of every character in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional universe. There is just something about genealogy that lends itself well to subjects that only geeks tend to find interesting. I think it has to do with the fact that genealogy requires people to spend a lot of time reading, and to do a lot of fact-checking in order to know, … Continue reading →

Genealogy Movies to Keep You Warm

With all of this cold weather, many of us are probably looking for fun things to do indoors. If you are interested in genealogy, you may love to read genealogy themed books or books that can help you with your research. Once in a while, though, you may find that it is nice to treat yourself to watching a movie with a family history theme. If you have not seen it already (or if you want to see it again), Roots by Alex Haley is a classic family history movie. I read the book and watched the video of the … Continue reading →

Keeping Up With The Joneses And Others With Common Surnames

If one of the biggest challenges in your genealogy research is keeping up with the Joneses in your family tree, do not despair. Common surnames do make research challenging because it can be hard to sift through all of the potential matches for an ancestor and determine with any degree of certainty whether you have found the correct person. There are ways that genealogists with Joneses, Smiths, and other very popular surnames in their family trees have been able to locate their ancestors amongst the crowds. Here are some tips for researching ancestors with common surnames. One way to help … Continue reading →

Swimming with Kangaroos and Author/Publisher/Pet Rescuer Dindy Robinson: Part II

In Part I of my interview with Dindy Robinson we talked about her animal rescues. This section is all about her adorable cats… Courtney Mroch: What kind of pets do you have now? Names, ages, breeds, etc? Dindy Robinson: We don’t have any dogs right now –our last dog died in January after thirteen happy years with us. We have seven cats –all rescues. Gollum is a gray male tiger, about 4.5 years old. When we first got him, he nearly died from a stomach virus. He had very smelly, running diarrhea. We had to wrap him in a towel … Continue reading →