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Where to find Virtual Cemeteries

It isn’t always going to be possible for a genealogist to visit the graves of his or her ancestors in person. If you live far away from where they are buried, the travel expense might be more than your budget can handle. One option is to make use of the many virtual cemeteries that are online. It is free, and might provide the same genealogical information that you would seek at the actual cemetery. There are two popular websites that genealogists can use to locate an image of the grave of an ancestor. The same resources will allow you to … Continue reading →

Visit a Virtual Cemetery

Has your genealogy research made you want to know what your ancestor’s gravestones look like? Sometimes, it isn’t possible to drop everything, and plan a trip to a graveyard that is hours away from where you live, or is located clear across the country from where you are. One alternative is to visit a virtual cemetery. What is a virtual cemetery? It is the term given to a website that has detailed information about the graves in a particular, real, cemetery. You may be able to find photographs of individual gravestones. There may be a list of names of the … Continue reading →

Visiting Cemeteries

One of my favorite things to do on a sunny spring afternoon is walk through local cemeteries in search of ancestors who are buried there. No, I have not gone insane, nor do I have an infatuation with the dead or morbidity. Cemeteries are actually a very peaceful place to take a walk, and there is information on tombstones that can come in useful for genealogical research. Information that can be found on tombstones includes birth and death information, a woman’s maiden name, parent’s names, town of origin, and military service. You may also discover the nearby grave of an … Continue reading →

Explore Ben & Jerry’s “Flavor Graveyard”

Is your favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor lurking in the Flavor Graveyard? Genealogists can visit an online, somewhat animated, version of this graveyard (that actually does exist outside of the internet). It can be fun to explore the “family history” of some of the flavors that have “passed away”. Sometimes, it’s good to have a bit of fun with genealogy. Halloween is in October, and this holiday makes a lot of people think about graveyards, ghosts, and scary stories. Genealogists who cannot get their family to accompany them to a cemetery might be able to talk them into a tour … Continue reading →

Where to Find Online Cemeteries

Genealogists know that gravestones can give them a lot of good information about their relatives and ancestors. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that every genealogist is going to find it convenient to take a trip to the cemeteries that their ancestors are buried in. One solution to this problem is to go online, and visit virtual cemeteries instead. There are many reasons why a genealogist might be unable to make a trip to visit the graveyard that his or her ancestors are buried in. Those cemeteries might be located far away from where the genealogist lives, in another state, or even … Continue reading →

Remember Your Ancestors On Memorial Day

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Memorial Day was once called Decoration Day. One of the ways to celebrate Memorial Day is to visit a graveyard, and decorate the graves of your ancestors who were in the military. This gives a genealogist the opportunity to record the information that is found on their gravestones. If you are unable to travel to a cemetery on Memorial Day weekend, you might still be able to obtain the information on a grave from an online resource. If you are visiting a cemetery this Memorial Day weekend, it is traditional to decorate the graves of your ancestors who served in … Continue reading →

Epitaphs That Made Me Laugh

While it is true that you may be able to fill in the branches of your family tree by relying on simple records like birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates, many genealogists do not want to stop there. The wonderful thing about genealogical research is that you can dig deeper than that. There are many kinds of documents and other types of evidence that genealogists can look at if what they seek is a more complete picture of who their ancestors were. The gravestones of our ancestors contain words and symbols that can give us some insight to the … Continue reading →

More Free Genealogy Websites

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In my previous post, I talked about four of my favorite free genealogy websites. Besides the four listed in that post, there are many more free sites available to genealogists. Some of these websites I do not personally use, but in the interest of providing you with as many free resources as I can, I am including them here. I do want to mention that prior to posting any of these sites here, regardless if I have used them during my own personal research, I did spend time reviewing each one to ensure I only provide you with sites that … Continue reading →

Online Genealogy

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A few months ago, I talked about doing genealogy from home. I promised to write a blog about researching your family history online and now, at last, I am keeping that promise! As a stay-at-home mom, I have a strong testimony of eternal families and a huge difficulty with doing any research. I’m not wanting my kids to grow up too quickly – I know it will happen faster than I can realize – but one thing I am looking forward to when they are old enough to be without me for a few hours is the research I can … Continue reading →

Travel Tidbits—Splashing Into Summer

Happy Memorial Day… eve. We are a halfway through the holiday weekend and to celebrate the occasion, which is also known as the unofficial kick off to summer, I have compiled a few notable wet and wild attractions that just opened a few days ago on opposites sides of the country. The first is located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Just in time for the holiday weekend and the impending summer travel season–what is being billed as the largest indoor pool complex in Atlantic City–is now open at Harrah’s Atlantic City. Its name says it all-—“The Pool”–is a 172,000-square-foot complex, … Continue reading →