Stepanovich Family Photos

I made the inquiry to Sam's family this week to obtain old photos of the Stepanovich and Aventino families.  I am really looking forward to borrowing them in order to digitize them for our online tree!  I have a great camera--a Canon PowerShot A630 that takes wonderful Macro photos.  I simply photograph each photo using my macro setting and faster than a scanner I have the photo digitized!  

Ohio Death Certificate Ancestor search

When searching for records of  ancestors who have lived in Ohio I have found searching Ohio Death Records is very helpful. Family Search has Ohio death certificates for deaths occurring between 1908 and 1953. Their search engine is very easy to navigate and you can even see the actual death certificate as well as save the death certificate as a jpg on your hard drive. 

Ancestry iPhone App

Breaking news in my email today...Ancestry.com and iPhone have teamed together to create an iPhone app! How often have you heard a story from a relative that you have to write on a napkin so you don't forget to add it to your tree? Now you can access your tree via your iPhone! Sure wish I HAD an iphone! ;)

From the Sweany Family Recipe File

A key element that brings family history alive is to have recipe's handed down in your ancestor's handwriting! These days we simply print a recipe off the internet. Imagine the time it took to painstakingly write out every recipe they were fond of. This recipe belonged to my grandmother Sally Sweany who received it from HER Grandmother Patterson--enjoy!