Daily Archives: September 8, 2020

Another New WordPress Quirk – September 8, 2020

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

This one seems to be new as I wasn’t noticing it until today. Seems when I schedule a post, I can change the hour with minimal effort. However, when I click on the minutes, and it’s PM, it automatically reverts … Continue reading →

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Occupational Gravestones are Family History Clues – BillionGraves Blog- September 8, 2020

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

I saw this on BillionGraves today – Occupational Gravestones are Family History Clues: http://blog.billiongraves.com/occupational-gravestones/. The article includes several occupations and has a list of obscure occupational terms. Cathy Wallace, 1 day ago Occupational gravestones can help you discover the story … Continue reading →

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How to make connections across oceans with the Catholic Heritage Archive – FindMyPast August 18, 2020

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

I saw this recently on FindMyPast – How to make connections across oceans with the Catholic Heritage Archive: https://www.findmypast.com/blog/help/catholic-irish-american-ancestors. It’s a long article, but thought I would give a glimpse of it. There is a video in the link. Niall … Continue reading →

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It’s Been a Year — The Grief Reality

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

I wonder if I’ll ever come to terms with the fact that you aren’t here anymore. Will I ever be comfortable when September comes around and brings another year without you to a close? Is it weird that I consider … Continue reading →

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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 7 September 2020

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

I saw this on FamilySearch today – New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 7 September 2020: https://media.familysearch.org/new-free-historical-records-on-familysearch-week-of-7-september-2020/. Over 1,000 words, but scroll through the list to see if something interests you. This week FamilySearch added over 1M new Catholic … Continue reading →

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Writing Tip: Just STOP — KaylaAnn

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

“Stop writing?!” “But Kayla,” you may ask me, “how can you tell me to stop writing? Shouldn’t we keep writing? After all, we are writers! How can we be writers if we are not writing? How does stopping our writing … Continue reading →

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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – Tombstone Tuesdays September 8, 2020

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

For some reason, I thought I had posted about Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – https://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html before now. In doing a search on my posts, I am not seeing any posts about it. It is part of the U.S. Geological … Continue reading →