Get ready! Almost time for RootsTech 2023. Virtual or in person RootsTech 2023 is March 2-4th Still time to register. If you cannot make it in person, then know that you can sit at home in your comfy chair and view session online!
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Welcome to Twin Oaks Genealogy!
The journey to finding our ancestors is filled with many adventures. Some ancestors are really easy to locate, others have the ability to cause concussions from banging our head into what some affectionately refer to as a Brick Wall. As we tackle the histories of our ancestors, we learn many things along the way and sharing the experiences may help others to avoid the same wrong turns. Or possibly give someone a good chuckle as they either relate to the experience or were lucky enough to have by-passed it…for now!
If you are someone who likes to do puzzles (isn’t that a requirement for genealogists??) then consider genealogy a thousand piece puzzle. Have you ever worked one of those puzzles where the piece fit real nice…until you looked at the picture? Then realized that several pieces could fit in the same spot??? Just because a piece appears to ‘fit’ doesn’t necessarily mean that is the place it is supposed to fit. The same applies to our ancestors! Welcome to Genealogy!
Putting the puzzle pieces together is challenging, addicting and fun. Keeping things in perspective and allowing ourselves to laugh at our own foibles helps to keep the search exciting. With these thoughts in mind, the goal of this site is to enhance, share, aid and abet the researching experiences and pitfalls.
Adventures will be shared in blog posts. Leaf Lessons will be ‘take aways’ from the experiences and helpful hints when researching in Kentucky and other states. Acorn aids will be a place for quick references, sites and whatever else fits. Sharing what we glean from experiences helps others as well as ourselves in locating those elusive kin folk!
Happy Hunting! and Stay Tuned!!
RootsTech 2023
Is here, and nearly done! Time sure does seem to fly. Been here all week so I could get some time at the Family Search Library. It is difficult to drag oneself away from either RootsTech sessions or the Library. But, I’ve yet to succeed in being in two places at once!
It is so good to be back at an in person event and spend time with people who really understand what Genealogy and Family Research is all about!
Visiting Salt Lake City for such and event and including the FHL is a truly valuable experience. Though I hate to admit it, I can remember thinking ‘what could I possibly find out about my family all the way out there?’ Now I know, and this is my third go round!
We arrived late Sunday night and for those who haven’t been and plan to fly in, beware, it was literally a mile long walk at the airport from where we got off the plane to where baggage was. I think they were trying to quickly get us into shape. The first part of the week was focused on the library sources.
RootsTech 2023 began for me on Wednesday evening when at the first “GSI Murder Mystery Dinner”. GSI stands for ‘Genealogy Solves It’. Nathan Dylan Goodwin and Diane Southard joined forces and created a great event. It was so much fun and a great learning experience. There is talk of creating a virtual event similar to this, so if you can’t make it to an onsite event, stay tuned!
The weather has been interesting. Temps are around the 30’s during the day. First few days the wind was rough! But has since calmed down. Hopefully those of you who couldn’t make it are tuning in online!
Enjoy!
Linda
1950 Census
Tonight is the night! Release is scheduled for 12:01 a.m. Are YOU ready? Do you have your ED (Enumeration District) identified? Do you have the list of people to find? Are you excited? I am!
If you want to look for ED’s check out Steve Morse site to identify the ED’s that interest you. This link should take you there: https://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html
Make your lists and have fun!
Rootstech 2020 – Wow!
Just returned from my second trip, (or should I say adventure?) to Rootstech and I’m hooked! Although, I do have to admit that the Library is also a very big draw for me and between the two, I had a very productive, educational and enjoyable week.
Spent a week researching, learning and enjoying time with colleagues. We flew out on Sunday and got to spend quality time in the Library. Since Rootstech did not start until Wednesday, we had some quality time at the Library. Exiting the elevator on B1 provided a wonderful surprise. Those big, bulky microfilm readers are gone! The workstations that replaced them have 2-3 monitors and a new microfilm reader.
It was so easy to lose track of time and get lost in the research. And. I did. More than once-no, I’m not going to say how many times!
Rootstech lived up to it’s reputation. Great presentations, exhibits and crowds. And, if you have never been, it is one healthy event. The number of steps taken in one day could not help but make those step monitors happy! Thought maybe I’d lose a bit of weight, but alas, the good food prevented that…sigh.
We arrived to beautiful skies, awesome mountain views and moderate temperatures. The weather remained nice all week-til the day we left. We woke to rain and then snow-but oh! the view was beautiful!. The fresh snow clung to the trees and we were able to leave with a breathtaking view of freshly fallen snow on the mountains.
If you were unable to make it, don’t fret, several of the sessions were live streamed and can be seen at https://www.rootstech.org/. There is also the Virtual Pass, which can be purchased, and then you have a year to sit back and enjoy. They do come highly recommended!
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