In the Famicity blog “Paleography: The Study of Old Handwriting“, we explained what Paleography is and why it is important to genealogy research. Today, we’ll discuss a computer software program called Champollion 2.0 written by Christophe Marin that will be a featured at the Innovator Showdown at RootsTech 2017.
There is a name for every place and thing on a map. Have you ever wondered how the places and things that you see on a map got their name? Guillaume Valtat, a Geographic Information Engineer, explains Toponymy.
We reached out to the online community to find out what people’s favorite heirloom is and what it means to them. Read about the fantastic heirlooms these four people had to share.
Whether you consider yourself an amateur or professional genealogy, do you enjoy talking and connecting with other genealogists? Do you wish you knew more genealogists to share information with or maybe ask for help on something? There are many places to find them.
Children can be curious little people. They will ask anything from something simple as “why is the sky blue?” to “why does uncle Bob wear a wig”?. Of course, they will ask these things with the most awkward timing. Or, they might come up with something you might not be ready to answer such as the common “where to babies…
There are very few things in life that we know for sure will happen. One of those things is that every year, the calendar starts over with January 1 and has 365 days…with the exception of an added day every four years. Do you know the history of the calendar system that we use? Did you know that there is…
Have you ever talked to your children about how your family came to America? Do they know that their family may not have always lived here? Have you ever thought about how to have that conversation? There is a children’s movie that is a great introduction to that conversation about how to tell the children in your family about the…
