Blog Archive
Welcome to my Blog Archive. I am not the most active blogger, but I am trying to get better. You can click on a year / month to see the postings. In addition, while on a blog page, you can shorten the url (web address) to just the month or year to get to the listing.... check it out.
End of Quarter Review Q1 2008
Ian — Mon, 03/31/2008 - 03:00
End of the quarter Review :
Well 3 months have passed since the start of the year, which means that it is time to do an end of the quarter review. I am going to see how I am doing on the goals that I established at the start of the year.
The Obituary of Mary Hoffman
Ian — Wed, 03/19/2008 - 03:00
Last week I talked about VINE, a research tool for those doing research in Indiana. In the post I mentioned that I had found several Towler Obituaries and a few Hoffman’s. Using the information that I gathered in VINE, I sent away for copies of each of the obituaries. One of the Obituaries that I sent for was the Obit of Mrs. Mary Hoffman.
VINE, A New Tool for Indiana Researchers
Ian — Thu, 03/13/2008 - 03:00
About a week ago, I was surfing the Internet, looking at some Indiana Genealogy sites. Indiana, along with Kentucky, and Virginia are areas that I have done the most research in. Looking at my family tree, my previous 4-5 generations all have solid roots in Indiana, on both my Mothers side and my Fathers side. While surfing I somehow managed to find my way to the Indiana State Library webpage. I have been to the site before, and I have had a little bit of success, but not a tremendous amount. I generally have a little better luck at the Individual County or City Library pages. This time while making my way through the Indiana State Library page, I found a new resource named VINE, that should be helpful. VINE stands for Vital Information Exchange, and appears that the intent is to make a single point to search for multiple types of records. The VINE project overview page states: