Photos and comments from Arizona and around the world
Walking Arizona This sandstone sentinel almost fades into the backdrop of the huge Vermillion Cliffs. You can get some idea of the size, if you look carefully, from the telephone poles in the image. You can only begin to imagine the size of the huge...
Walking Arizona This stalactite formation is called the "Heart of Timpanogos" and with good reason. It is very interesting formation and one of the thousands in the cave.
Walking Arizona California condors are the king of the skies. This is L2, a two year old female condor, released in 2012. They are the largest North American land bird. These birds have a wingspan of nearly 10 feet and weigh up to 26 pounds. They are...
Genealogy's Star I got a comment recently that I thought was worth commenting on: You said "We are not talking about science here. I can't conduct an independent experiment and validate your findings." Two years ago this argument may have been mostly...
Genealogy's Star There are two things that I can say with absolute certainty about my future in computers; I will never give up a full-size, good action keyboard and I will never give up a large screen monitor (or two or more). That said, it follows that...
Genealogy's Star We can all use the copy/paste method of obtaining information from the Web, but genealogy programs are carrying that function a lot further. For some time now, a few of the major genealogy programs have provided direct import/export functions...
Walking Arizona Sometimes the pattern of rather ordinary objects catches my eye. I like the weathered quality and form of these sticks. They look like they might have been piled here on purpose but nature has a way of arranging things in the most efficient...
Genealogy's Star While eavesdropping recently, I overheard the following conversation. I decided it would judicious to change the names of the participants and also take out any localized references. I thought this conversation interesting because of...
Walking Arizona How could you pass up this shot? Arizona is no different than the rest of the country in some ways. But where else can you get a view of half of the state with flamingos in the foreground?
Walking Arizona This photo captures the classic Arizona-Sonora Desert view. The abundance of saguaro cactus is not rare, but the grouping is unusual. Yes, they just grow that way naturally. This is a natural composition, not a planted garden. Anyway,...
Genealogy's Star For some time now, we have been waiting for the third-party programs to synchronize data with FamilySearch.org's Family Tree program. RootsMagic announced that it is the first program to synchronize sources. Of course, this isn't a...
Genealogy's Star In the New York Journal of 2 June 1897, Mark Twain is reported to have said, ‘The report of my death was an exaggeration." To some extent, any reports of the demise of Personal Ancestral File (PAF) are also exaggerations, including my...
Walking Arizona I grew up riding in trucks just like this one. In my memory they were just about in the same condition when I was young as they are, abandoned, in fields and lots around the Southwest. Because of the dry climate, old vehicles persist...
Family History Expos Family History Expos is pleased to announce our new company “Celebrating Family History!” Our founder Holly T. Hansen learned early in life that family history heals. It is on that premise that Celebrating Family History is built....
Genealogy's Star Oh well, it was inevitable. Technology has progressed to the point where it is impacting stodgy old genealogy. (Where have you been for the past ten years or so? Technology has been impacting genealogy for a long time.) Of course, I knew...
Walking Arizona Since it is getting into the hot part of the summer in the Desert, it is nice to think about times when it was actually cold outside. Standing in a snowstorm in Zion National Park is a nice place to think about when the temperature goes...
Genealogy's Star Yes, I do know about Salvador Dali's painting. Now that we are past that issue, the real question here is whether or not our collective digital memories will persist or not? In response to a recent question, I realized that in the past,...
Genealogy's Star I hear all kinds of things from patrons at the Mesa FamilySearch Library about their ancestors. This week one of the patrons was excited to get going with researching her family because she was going to connect with a Cherokee Indian...
Walking Arizona This is one of those photos that cannot be seen well in the thumbnail view. You will have to click on the photo to see the detail. What can I say about this lovely tree more than the photo itself expresses?
Walking Arizona This window was interesting because you couldn't see anything outside because of the fog. So the main interest was the interior of the room and the light from the window shining on an old handcrafted chair.
Genealogy's Star We all die. This is neither a very original or insightful observation. But it does impose some absolute time contraints on our genealogical research. Here is an interesting comment received from my dear friend Anonymous (one of my most...
Walking Arizona Geodes are pockets of crystals in rocks. Sometimes, you can find them lying on the ground, weathered out of the rocks, but usually we have to dig them out of the ground or cut them out of the rocks. Sometimes, like this rock, they are...
Genealogy's Star The movement of information from analog to digital format is more than just a convenience or passing fad, it is a fundamental change in the way information is integrated into our society. I heard a comment recently that noted the change...
Genealogy's Star OK, the FamilySearch Photos program keeps evolving (if that is the word) from day-to-day. I have noticed several changes this past week and my YouTube video on the subject is still sort-of accurate as far as I went at the time it was...
Genealogy's Star This segment of Quick Views of Genealogy focuses on changes to the FamilySearch Photos program. There have been several recent changes including adding titles and descriptions to photos and printing a PDF file sheet of the photos on...
