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European Research Trip – Croatia!
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One of our guides describes the shape of Croatia as that of a bird flying. Check out the purple image on the map, and you’ll see her description is accurate, with one “wing” of Croatia lying along the Adriatic Sea and the other slanting inland to follow the Danube River. As I mentioned in my…
MARCH 2017 FREE BOOK!
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I’m so excited to offer my friend Janie Chang’s new novel DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD as our March 2017 FREE BOOK! This is an incredible novel that will transport you to another time and place. From the back cover copy: “In 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of…
Your Pet! Gary
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Gary! and his loving Mom Gary’s owner, Cheryl, tells us that this cute little guy was born on her father’s birthday, so is named after her dad. I’m wondering if that’s a singular honor. Gary may well be the only donkey in the world named after its owner’s father. LOL, Cheryl! Welcome, Gary, you’re our…
April 2013 FREE BOOK!
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I’m delighted to offer the glorious novel, SCENT OF LILACS by Ann H. Gabhart as our April 2013 Free Book! This is a delight of a book, and I’m sure you’ll be pulled in from page one as you travel back to 1964 and meet sweet quirky Jocie Brooke, wise beyond her years and a…
Your Life & Mine: The Rules of Ancestry Research
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Left to Right: My father, his grandparents, my mother and her parents. I’m currently reading a book by Christine Kenneally entitled, THE INVISIBLE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE. In the first chapter Ms Kenneally tells us about the Maori people of New Zealand and their tradition of whakapiri — the recitation of genealogies to establish…
November ’12 Free Book!
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Our Give-Away book for November 2012 is WILDFLOWERS FROM WINTER by Katie Ganshert. Katie is one of my agency-mates, and I’m excited to be able to offer her book this month! Our edition is a new trade paperback. From the back cover: “A young architect at a prestigious Chicago firm, Bethany Quinn has built a…