Updated February 28, 2014 Florida Links

I have updated and added Florida State links under the United States Links. Found a bunch of military sites which I hope are helpful to everyone.

Don't forget to check out my twitter feed on this page for the latest links I have found.

Frugal Genealogy on Facebook!

As most of you know my passion is researching my family tree. I take a few days a week to go through my findings and try to fill in the gaps. I have learned over the years that you do not have to spend alot on this research. I thought since I was able to come up with quite a bit of sites and helpful hints why not share my findings. I came up with Frugal Genealogy. Every day I have now been tweeting links to my twitter account :

Frugal Genealogy

If they are a paid site but worth a look I will tell you that it is paid. Sometimes even if they show a snippet of the information you are searching for, you might be able to fill in a gap in your tree.

Within the past few days I got on the facebook bandwagon and started my page there

Frugal Genealogy

I am able to post a bit more than what's in a tweet and you will be able to comment. I think the facebook page is more personal with other people researching.

So come and see if any of my sites or helpful tips can provide the information you need to fill those gaps in. Or get through a brick wall. And don't forget to share your favorite sites too.

How Does Everyone See You?

I laughed when I saw this picture. It is really true in a way. I definetly feel like a detective when researching my family. I have numerous brick walls. There are even times when I break through that brick wall that I just sit down and cry. Years of being frustrated with very little to go on. 

Don't forget that even the slightest thing can give you a clue. For years I had been trying to find information of my paternal great grandmother. I had only known her as Adelle. And that my grandmother shared her name as her middle name. In the United States Census she was listed as Adelle living with her husband Peter in New York. in 1920. But then in 1930 she was gone. Peter was listed as a widow with my grandmother and her brother. What happened to Adelle? My Mom then recalled my grandmother saying how her mother had died in childbirth. How sad. But she didn't know when. We have no idea where her mother and father are buried as she never spoke of this to anyone. I found a Peter Swenson married a Nanny Johnson August 26, 1911 in NY but didn't think it was my family. But the date was very familiar. My grandmother had been married three times and one of her wedding dates was August 26. And my father died on August 26 so this was just too coincidental. Then my mom came across a note written by a woman we knew was related to my grandmother but didn't know how. And in the note was a burial card for her mother. Alma Johnson! Alma was Nanny's sister! Well sister-in-law. Alma had married Theodore Johnson, Nanny Adelle's brother. Yes her middle name was Adelle. I was so happy to find this new information. 

So don't forget to sometimes go with your gut instinct sometimes and put the information aside until you can prove a source. I have a section in my file cabinet for misc. stuff like this to go back to. Never give up!

Update: Twitter and Spring Showing Up

Sometimes I think I am losing my mind. Has that happened to anyone else? I have 3 twitter accounts and I forgot what I used to log into my Frugal Genealogy twitter account with. After not using it for awhile I finally decided to try again and behold! I was able to get into the account. Makes me so happy.

Now if you follow me on twitter I have started to list links that will help you in your research and retweeting others posts that maybe useful. I will try and at least list a few things each day. If not it will be a few times a week.

The snow here in NY has finally started to melt and spring is showing through. Mom's crocus and hyacinths are starting to pop up through the ground. And today there was a robin who visited our lawn. We may have a few cold snaps here and there but this is a good sign.

And here's my twitter @FrugalGenealogy

February 5, 2014 Update

Updated under the United Kingdom and Ireland tab at the top of the blog is some links for Ireland. Also added Connecticut under the United States. More will be added in the next day or two. Right now we have had snow and then ice and there has been sporadic power outages. So please bear with me. Thanks for checking us out here!

Update February 4, 2014

Update today here is a tab for United States Links. I have only a few for Alabama so far. I will be checking monthly for errors and broken links. I am hoping to get this going and stay on track with it to help people with their work. If you find a broken link just leave a comment and I will fix it as soon as possible.