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PODCAST Episode 212: Naming Babies from Your Tree, aka Don’t Make Your Baby Hate You (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 212: Naming Babies from Your Tree, aka Don’t Make Your Baby Hate You (with transcript)
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Mormons, do you have nine 1st cousins, all of whom are named Brigham? Non-Mormons, are you considering Kayden, Jayden, Rayden and iPod as names for your next child? STOP THE MADNESS! Follow your family history pied piper and I will lead you to consider some better sources for baby names. Well, one better source: your … Read More “PODCAST Episode 212: Naming Babies from Your Tree, aka Don’t Make Your Baby Hate You (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 211: Family Cookbook – My Saucy Grandma (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 211: Family Cookbook – My Saucy Grandma (with transcript)
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My mother’s mother, Ga, was a quiet, staid woman. She was peaceful, smiling, a model DAR and Midwestern sorority sister. But underneath it all…she was SAUCY. In this episode, I’ll give you some of my grandmother’s “International” sauce recipes (because sauce was a staple on her dinner table), and the reasons why I think her … Read More “PODCAST Episode 211: Family Cookbook – My Saucy Grandma (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 209: What If Ancestry Takes Out a Loan – Being Prepared

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PODCAST Episode 209: What If Ancestry Takes Out a Loan – Being Prepared
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Don’t be alarmed, but I’m about to alarm you. A little. Well, I’m going to make you think a bit, anyway. Nothing will happen tomorrow, but it sounds like Ancestry’s parent company, Permira Advisers LLP, is willing to take out a very risky loan in order to fund a move that would denude Ancestry of $900 … Read More “PODCAST Episode 209: What If Ancestry Takes Out a Loan – Being Prepared” »

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PODCAST Episode 208: What’s Going On…

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn 2 Comments on PODCAST Episode 208: What’s Going On…
PODCAST Episode 208: What’s Going On…
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So, have you been wondering where the heck I’ve been? In 2018 I was publishing weekly, yet I seem to have dropped off the podcasting Earth in 2019. I’m here to give you the reasons why, in hopes that we can hang together as I repair and resume work on the podcast. Subscribe: RSS | … Read More “PODCAST Episode 208: What’s Going On…” »

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PODCAST Episode 207: Family Cookbook – Cakes and More Cakes

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 207: Family Cookbook – Cakes and More Cakes
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Today we have a new Patron, and new law in New York that will shake up the ENTIRE GENEALOGY WORLD – even outside the United States – the Weprin-Montgomery Law. Oh, and we have two brilliant cake recipes. One is from an Army wife friend of my grandmother’s in the 1940s or 1950s, but the … Read More “PODCAST Episode 207: Family Cookbook – Cakes and More Cakes” »

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PODCAST Episode 206: Get Out of Your Head! (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 206: Get Out of Your Head! (with transcript)
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No, seriously, get out of your head, Whenever you hit a brick wall, a Jeffrey, a Jeffreytina, one of Ancestry’s infamous hang-ups, someone who’s a 125cM match on AncestryDNA but who won’t build a tree (but asks YOU to do it for him/her), or the documents start swimming before your eyes, it’s time to STEP … Read More “PODCAST Episode 206: Get Out of Your Head! (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 204: The Family Cookbook – Peanut Butter Muffins from U of Hawaii

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 204: The Family Cookbook – Peanut Butter Muffins from U of Hawaii
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Did you ever take Home Economics in school? In the 1950s, only girls and women did, all the way through college. My mother ended up taking Home Economics at the University of Hawaii because she was trying to figure out what she wanted to do. She ended up leaving college, becoming a stewardess, meeting my … Read More “PODCAST Episode 204: The Family Cookbook – Peanut Butter Muffins from U of Hawaii” »

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PODCAST Episode 202: A Family Horror Story (with transcript)

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PODCAST Episode 202: A Family Horror Story (with transcript)
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Wow, was this weekend big! Correcting one set of errors about my grand-aunt led me to find an absolutely horrific story about her, her husband, and her children. I’m telling it to you in all its gory glory, ruminating a bit on how my great-grandparents were responsible for parts of it, and drawing what genealogical … Read More “PODCAST Episode 202: A Family Horror Story (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 201: Using Genie Twitter to Build Community (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 201: Using Genie Twitter to Build Community (with transcript)
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Happy New Year, and welcome to Season 2! I meet so many people who have no idea about that which should not be a well-kept secret: Twitter is fantastic for genealogists! If you do the right things in the right ways (yes, of COURSE I’ll teach you those), you can build a community for yourself … Read More “PODCAST Episode 201: Using Genie Twitter to Build Community (with transcript)” »

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