There are many people I admire in the genealogy world . One of my favorite is Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak . Megan help give DeadFred.com a step up in our early development and has supported us ever since. But thats a small story compared to the vast effect she has had on the genealogy scene and its members. [...]

“The DAILY newsletter for genealogy consumers, packed with straight talk - hold the sugar coating - whether the vendors like it or not!“
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/
If you haven’t heard of Dick Eastman, then you must be a newby to genealogy or you accidentally stumbled onto this web page.  Mr Eastman is to me  the Walter Winchell / Walter Cronkite /Edward R Murrow [...]

About Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online
This project was produced by Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Collection and funded by the Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership and a lifetime of learning.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841 to 1955, then revived for a short time from [...]

 http://www.photodetective.com
Super Photo Sleuth Maureen Taylor is unquestionably the person to contact when you need your photo mysteries solved. Historian , Genealogist and  Profilic Writer  Maureen absoluetly is #1 in her profession.  Visit her site even if you don’t have a mystery photo , you’ll will find her  very interesting 
http://www.photodetective.com

Great reference for the traveler or vacationer . I use this whenever I travel and have saved myself  money and lots of grief .
http://www.tripadvisor.com/

This is really a great website . http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 
A close up view of much of the British Isles  
The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britian & Irleand and you can be part of it.

What is Geographing?
· It’s a game - how many grid squares will you [...]

Shorpy is one of my Photo History favorites . This site offers an incredible view of the  past
http://www.shorpy.com/
Shorpy.com is the 100-year-old photography blog that brings our ancestors back, at least to the desktop. What do they have to tell us? The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a boy who worked in an Alabama coal mine [...]

I have come to the conclusion that there are only three types of people in this world. Those that know arithmetic and those that don’t know Arithmetic.  Here’s a link that could help someone like me improve on my already excellent math skills:
http://www.mathmovesu.com/

On occasion I run into websites or online gadgets that spark my fancy. Some of these  aren’t genealogy related but hey this is my blog I figured I can break my own rules a bit and live outside the lines . 
Here’s one gadget I like  hand_clock.php  
The benefit of this gadget (besides knowing what the date and time  is in pencil ) is its “Time [...]