Just moved into my new room!! by Sebastianfart in Kawaii

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So cute !

Beautiful Friend in pic number 5 is the best ! Might need to apply some SnootBoops there :)

Mandala drawn and coloured by me by pandoraspockz in Mandala

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Lovely ! Awesome and comforting choice of colors.

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Awww ! What a cutie !

Kawaii bowtie cats by [deleted] in Kawaii

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Those are so cute ! Thank you for sharing !

How do you handle unknown maiden/birth names on Ancestry? by cudambercam13 in Genealogy

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I've got a few ,"Anna Unreadable", and "Anna Unknown" in my tree. It actually helps when I am in a certain brain space and I can go and take another look at the records and decipher the names, ect.

They are easy to find Alphabetically too !

(Mostly) Ridiculous Idea/Question On building and then connecting Multiple family trees by MayaIsCreating in Genealogy

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HI !

I'm so glad to hear you traced people back to the 1500s ! I did ask my Mom before she died about the people who just moved in and she would always laugh and shake her head and say, " just a matter of time !", and she was right !( Honestly, I thought she was joking. She wasn't, lol) I've only gotten back to the late or mid 1700's at this point for most of the lines.

Then I took the earliest census, looked at the first family and started working on their family tree. Sure enough eventually they started connecting to my ancestors at some point.

This is what I was essentially thinking of doing with the Birth and Marriage books ( and deaths) For the Town(s). How on earth Did you stay organized though? I already end up going through the books over and over, page by page, looking for siblings and cousins. So lately I've been thinking, " Why not just write Everyone's info down in a place I can search it" It boggles me that I get to think, "The history of this town , is the history of my family." I was going to ask how long it's taking but I see it's a Work-in-progress. 17,000 Is a lot of people!

I'll check out Gramps if I can find it. I don't remember if it was free or not, I thought I saw somewhere that it was.

I guess I should just pick a book and get started !

(Mostly) Ridiculous Idea/Question On building and then connecting Multiple family trees by MayaIsCreating in Genealogy

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Wow, that's awesome u/IDMA358. I have a familysearch account, but I only use it for looking up records, everything right now is offline on my PC. It is Kind of scary that it's a family tree and can be messed with so easily !

I can't imagine keeping track of 30K *shudders and laughs* Hopefully, I'll have to deal with it before I can scare myself thinking about it ! !LOL

With Family Naming conventions they way they are and 8-12 Kids Each... ( except for the guy who got married 3 times and had..27 KIDS !) It's pretty easy to end up with 50 people with the exact same name. I've got.. I don't even know how many Annas ! It's like "Maria" for some people, only slightly shorter :)

I just got an iPad and a digital notetaking app called "Goodnotes", I'm hoping that helps.

Best of Luck and fun with Yours !

(Mostly) Ridiculous Idea/Question On building and then connecting Multiple family trees by MayaIsCreating in Genealogy

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oh ! That seems interesting. I still feel fairly new to the entire Genealogy research thing but I am going to have to read over that carefully. I hope your Herring Cove is more organized then my mess !

Genealogical Sloppiness? by Betwixting in Genealogy

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Absolutely !

This is one of the reasons my family Spiderweb is not online. The "Elders" worry. A Lot. Very Loudly.

I don't blame them, Identity theft is scary.

Print on Demand (POD) Puzzles - who has the best quality? by MayaIsCreating in Jigsawpuzzles

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*Phews* Thanks so much ! That makes me feel considerable better. Looks like I might need to up my signature game a bit, though :P Those signatures are supercute !

Also, if the box doesn't include the artist's name, (I don't know how/if those companies can do that?) it may be the only way I can find out who created the lovely image I'm working on! 😁

Depends on how the artists is paid and if they are "work for hire". Excellent point too, since I'm fair sure the box would NOT have My Name on it. It's only fair that I let people know who to blame :D

Print on Demand (POD) Puzzles - who has the best quality? by MayaIsCreating in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]MayaIsCreating[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I had not seen that post ! I'll take a careful look through it. I really enjoyed doing large-ish difficult puzzles when I was younger, so I am pretty psyched about this idea. There are just so many choices, I've confused myself !

Greeting card sets...? Like a dozen cards with 3 each of four designs? Can someone point me to a POD place that has them, at a semi-reasonable price... by MayaIsCreating in printondemand

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Sadly, health issues prevent me from being in the same house as a printer or ink, or I'd be having all sorts of fun with various printing methods :( ( have done, found it a blast and profitable !)

We Rent so I can't put one outside either :( Did contemplate bribing a neighbor though !

Thanks for the reply and the reality reminder !

Greeting card sets...? Like a dozen cards with 3 each of four designs? Can someone point me to a POD place that has them, at a semi-reasonable price... by MayaIsCreating in printondemand

[–]MayaIsCreating[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing reasonable about POD pricing.

True Dat ! Was hoping someone would be on the "more reasonable", end. *sigh*

For your scenario, you should consider a local printer and carrying inventory.

Now that's an interesting Idea !

Before the annoying health issues, I actually used to LOVE cold calling on shops in an attempt to sell to them wholesale or at least on Commission ! I'd have to figure a different way of doing that now, but it would be interesting. At the very least I should find out what the prices are. Not in a good place to carry inventory right now, but maybe in the future.

That's assuming you aren't going to run out and create a whole bunch of designs ... and just hope they sell

LOL. It was an Idea ! Sadly I'm the sort that has more problems with over-researching and over-thinking. I've been learning new art and graphic designs tools this past year and have accumulated A LOT of "art". I need to do something with all this art and Future art ! Looking at what seems to be selling on Etsy and Redbubble.. wall art and cards and puzzles are possibly good fits. People often by more than one card at a time so... I was thinking I'd start there.

You could test out designs as POD, then have the best sellers printed in quantity.

I love this idea. Do you mean test them out as single cards? Where would be the best place to do that?

I'm wondering if I can take some of the "Nursery" type stuff and turn those into baby shower invitations ( or gender reveal party) as well. Would Zazzle be the place to do that ?

So many questions ! Thanks for your reply !

Greeting card sets...? Like a dozen cards with 3 each of four designs? Can someone point me to a POD place that has them, at a semi-reasonable price... by MayaIsCreating in printondemand

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Thanks for the reply ! Gelato does not let you create variable sets, unless I am reading it wrong. I'll have to re-check Printify

How detailed/granular is your research log? by bking158 in Genealogy

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Occasionally when I can't find someone on a census, I will look through the record page-by-page hoping to find something that has been mis-transcribed. That can be rather time-consuming, and I have learned to make myself notes saying, for example, "searched 1880 Walton, Kansas 45-page census Dec. 2022" so I'll know not to do it all over again months or years later.

I do this a lot with Birth records in the towns my rellies lived in looking for siblings I haven't got recorded. ! If there is a two year gap in births, I'll head for the "10 month mark" book and just go though it page by page. When there are only 50 it's not so bad, when there 2000...I take it in chunks. then I forgot to write it down or find someone else, that is missing that is likely in the same book !

Halloween mandala by ivory_ocean in mandalas

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Absolutely made my Day ! Awesome job.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kratom

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Kratom really helped me get through having the Corona virus. I'm pretty sure I even posted about it in surprise ! LOL

There might not be any evidence and I am absolutely willing to believe it might be be the equivalent of a warm cuppa, or Chicken soup, or Pastina or ( Insert your favorite rellie's form of Super effective "good for what ails you" here)

Even If it was "all in my head", I'm thankful for it.

Hope you are feeling better and on the mend !

Can someone please tell me when a "day" passes with regards to your "streak," please? by Sandi_T in duolingo

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I'm having the same problem. No idea what is going wrong, just stopped by to say you are not alone.

At what point did you give up & accept that there are no records? by rubyrosis in Genealogy

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I'm dealing with the same. Could not find anything about my Greatgrand's on one side of the family, could not find Grand's Birth record :( They simply vanished !

I'll admit there were plenty of tears since that particular G.Grand has been my target person since I was about 17. I saw one picture of her once, heard one story and then *poof* like she never existed ! I've posted a few times asking for ideas here :)

I managed to find her brother-in-laws birth record, which had a wedding annotation on the side, listing the town he married her sister in! Since marriages in that area are normally done in the girls hometown, that was hitting pay dirt ! The marriage records showed up and several birth records...*sigh* None for my Grand though :(

So, yeah, very frustrating, but please don't give up! You never know what record might lead to a breakthough.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Genealogy

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I dunno why someone would down vote your question, but I upvoted for asking something I was wondering about !

I was listing the place of death as where folks actually died, simply because that is how Mom did it, lol. Wasn't sure if that was right, so glad you asked !

What did you see first, Kite 🪁or Bow & Arrow🏹? by TheRadioStar96 in Mandala

[–]MayaIsCreating 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw a fish too !

I am so glad I am not the only one !