Family history research can be fascinating or frustrating – fascinating when your ancestors pop up and seem to tell their stories, frustrating when they seem to be hiding! Through sharing how I finally found Isabelle – after more than 20…
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There is a deep need inside of people to know who they truly are inside, and many people spend a large part of their lives searching for the answer; one way people go about this search is to look towards…
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The saddest and most frustrating thing about genealogy is only having a name, and possibly a picture to relate too. Of course you might find an obituary, that lists the basics of when, where and how, but it isn’t quite…
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Summer is the time genealogists hit the road in search of clues to their ancestors. Whether you go in the summer or some other time, before starting out on that trip there are plans that need to be made to…
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Genealogy used to be a profession for experts or a hobby requiring infinite patience on the part of the amateur. It involved writing letters to strangers, often in overseas destinations, and then waiting weeks or months for a reply which…
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The Social Security Death Index is exactly what it advertises to be, a vast database of death records (About 82 million people) covering almost everyone who ever had been issued a Social Security number. For the most part this is used…
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When I first thought about creating a website to share information on my family name with the world, I was a little apprehensive. I had never created a website before and the Internet language was confusing. Still, I believed with…
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Bathrooms are deemed one of the most dangerous areas of a home. When elderly people come into the equation, a bathroom can be a potential danger. Statistics show that a large number of elderly folk are admitted to hospital each…
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I used to think that studying the family tree, (or genealogy to give it it’s proper name), was some weird hobby that only older people did, as they sat poring over dusty tomes in little known libraries across the world,…
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Out of the many free services useful in genealogical research, the Social Security Death Index is one of the best. It does not provide an extensive amount of information about deceased persons, but it does provide information that can be…
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Statistics have shown that the senior population is over 35 million and that means that many will perhaps end up in nursing homes, assisted living, in-home care and other elderly care facilities. All these facilities require staff to provide care for…
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Many genealogists, both professional ones and hobbyists, are driven by finding that next generation back. The same questions that make many people start genealogy in the first place apply here too: who were they? where did they come from? The…
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The basic doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints include a belief that there are some things that must take place on this earth for the soul to continue on the progress through eternity. Since it is…
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A few short decades ago, longevity for citizens of the US was estimated at seventy years, but with technological advances seniors are living longer and having an easier time of it. In the areas of medical technology, communications, mobility, and…
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Researching your genealogy online, some say, is the second most popular use of the internet. The first is pornography*. Though sex has gotten you here, it likely won’t help you find your ancestors. It is the hard-to-find books and databases…
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The old adage “we are what we eat” makes very good sense. If we eat healthy we look and feel healthy. Yet a myriad of older adults fail to take their age and dietary needs into account and continue to eat…
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