Daily Archives: February 8, 2019

Reports of Sporadic Issues with Ancestry.com

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

I am seeing a growing number of people on social media, mostly Facebook, reporting issues with accessing Ancestry.com – https://www.ancestry.com/. I logged earlier and it worked fine for me. That doesn’t mean it works well for everybody. This issues typically … Continue reading →

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Featured Blogger of the Week – Applegate Genealogy February 8, 2019

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

I started Following Applegate Genealogy – https://applegategenealogy.wordpress.com/ around late November or early December 2018. At least my first re-blog of a post by her was this one: Feeling Grateful — Applegate Genealogy (I posted it on December 11, 2018; she … Continue reading →

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Man Trying to Sue Parents for Having Him Without Getting His Consent

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

I saw this posted on Facebook today. In this case, a man in India is trying to sue his parents for not getting his consent from him before he was conceived. Definitely a “I Haven’t Seen It All” winner. https://www.wspa.com/news/man-wants-to-sue-parents-for-giving-birth-to-him-without-consent-/1765688609 … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunding Follow-ups and Additional Suggestions

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

Updated February 8, 2019 with new information from DougOutCrafts. An update on an earlier Kickstarter dice campaign: New Kickstarter Dice Campaign. He hit his goal in 9.5 hours: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ice-cream-dice-edmonton-marc-schubert-1.5011067. Here’s the Kicktraq for it: http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/icecreamdice/ice-cream-dice/. Another Kickstarter dice campaign that got … Continue reading →

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Banana Ketchup and Maria Orosa, a Taal scientist who invented it — Subli

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

My son texted me one night before coming home and asked if we had fries. I said I only had sweet potato fries in the freezer and he told me to cook it. I did. I thought he would make … Continue reading →

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WordPress Stats Guessing Game

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

Below stats are from February 4, 2019. Will update with new stats shortly. I have to wonder what WordPress IT personnel are doing when it comes to my blog‘s Stats page. They say I have 106 Followers, but when I … Continue reading →

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Game Review – Nuclear War by Flying Buffalo Card Game

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

You can learn more about the Nuclear War card game at Flying Buffalo’s Nuclear War section: http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/nucwar.htm. You can also read about it on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(card_game). I call it a soda and pretzels game, some would substitute an alcoholic beverage … Continue reading →

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FindMyPast Fridays February 8, 2019

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

I checked mid-afternoon on Thursday and FindMyPast Fridays has been posted. I am scheduling it for early Friday morning. You can visit it at https://blog.findmypast.com/findmypast-friday-2628290881.html. It seems a bit light compared to past Friday updates, in terms of sections updated. … Continue reading →

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