Free (limited time) Webinar Recording: “The Five-story Fall”

Posted on March 23, 2019 by debbiemieszala


I had great fun presenting a Board for Certification of Genealogists series webinar for Legacy Family Tree Webinars on Tuesday (March 19th).

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DNA kit sale!

Posted on July 17, 2018 by debbiemieszala

If you haven’t heard, several DNA kits are part of the Amazon Prime Day sale and some are the lowest they get. The Prime Day sale ends in just under 14 hours, so if you have been on the fence, head on over. Continue reading →

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FamilySearch Communities

Posted on May 20, 2018 by debbiemieszala

FamilySearch recently added a community feature, and it is free! The community area offers forums in which to ask or to answer questions, to upload documents for translation assistance, and to find links to related resources, such as foreign word lists, FamilySearch wiki articles, and maps. Users can participate or lurk and learn. Continue reading →

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Records of the Skies: Obtaining Airplane Records

Posted on December 28, 2017 by debbiemieszala

My last post featured tracing a former “family” airplane to its modern owner in order to share photographs and information. Tracing a family artifact, no matter the size, helps to flesh out fragmented stories, produces facts to weave into a narrative, and can offer enjoyment to the artifact’s former owner. Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on December 25, 2017 by debbiemieszala

The tiny Ercoupe caught my father’s eye in 1950. In 2017, that seventy-one-year-old airplane reminded me of the goodness in others. Of hope.  Continue reading →

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Missouri: Adoption and Original Birth Certificates, Take Three

Posted on December 17, 2017 by debbiemieszala

If you have an interest in original birth certificates from Missouri, take note. Continue reading →

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Relocating for Religion: The Christian Catholic Church and “The Leaves of Healing”

Posted on December 16, 2017 by debbiemieszala

Faith healing. A flat earth. The promise of a Utopian society.[1] If not for a religious sect whose doctrine makes me squirm, I would not be alive. Continue reading →

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