Because backing up is (not) hard to do

Jasia at the Creative Gene highlights the importance of backing up your blog to guard against losing all your posts should anything untoward happen. I admit, I'm as guilty as the next person of forgetting to do this, but it is important not just because of the risk of your blog being hacked, but also … Continue reading Because backing up is (not) hard to do →

My software ate my ancestors

Actually, it turned my gedcom into a complete mess, but that isn't such a snappy headline. Being serious, I downloaded a new programme, which seemed to work very well, only to discover it did some really odd things to the data. Not content with turning my notes into some kind of computer language - great … Continue reading My software ate my ancestors →

A couple of useful freebies

When people begin to trace their family history, often the first purchase or download they make is a software package to record and track their finds. However, there is one other piece of essential software you will need, a .pdf reader. PDF stand for 'portable document format', and it can be used on a range … Continue reading A couple of useful freebies →