Genealogy

Mom’s Chicken and Dumplings

My brother Shane asked me for this after I posted this pic of my bowl of Chicken and Dumplings: 1 Stewed Chicken 1 1/2 cup self-rising flour Pot with chicken broth (reserve1/2 cup hot broth) Debone the chicken, put aside. Bring broth to a boil. Take 1/2 cup broth and...

How to create an online community that will survive

My genealogical community, Heycuz, has been around since 1998. That’s way back when you had to use a telephone to get online. Today, there are between 900 and 1500 people on it right now. I mean this very second. You can check by the “Who’s...

Genealogists You Should Have in Your Circle

Google+ is a great asset if you’re interested in technology with a steady stream of posts day or night, but what if you’re interested in genealogy? Not so much.What is Google + (or Google Plus)? – Well, its everything! Its like a blog, its like...

911: I’ve been TAGGED!

Transcript of a 911 call: 911 operator: 911 What is your emergency? me: (sob) Please! Please help me! 911 operator: What is your address? me: uh, um…let me look….its april at heycuz dot net 911 operator: Excuse me? me: my email address? The one they got me at? It is...

Hit the Road Capt. Jack

Image via Wikipedia Are you going to go out of town for the Labor Day weekend? This year, we’re getting four days off. We are going to be visiting with some family at least one of the days. So, its a great time to put my new mobile apps to use. I got an iPhone...

Thanksgiving Traditions

Tyler Florence used to have a show on Food Network where he would help people who were trying to recover a long, lost recipe. People would ask for help on recapturing Grandma’s Beef Stew or some other childhood favorite. Taking information about the...

We’ve Moved, again

You may have noticed that something’s a bit different about Heycuz. We have moved to a new server. I had to do a little reshuffling of my finances and could no longer afford to keep 12 different servers but had to combine them to decrease the bills. The down...

Happy New Year!

It seems that about this time of year I’m stunned with the fact that another year has gone by. I take stock and wonder if I’ve done enough, or if there was something that I would have done differently, and attempt to set resolutions for the coming...

Merry Christmas Cousins!

They say that every seven seconds or so, the phrase ‘Merry Christmas” is posted on the internet. Well let me join in on the Chorus and wish all of you a very, merry Christmas! Your cuz, April

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Greetings and glad tidings ~ May this message find you well and thriving! This season, we celebrate a lot of changes at heycuz.net. Together, we have co-created a new wave of genealogy.  Thank you for joining us on this amazing journey, for sharing your family...

A Family Legacy

By now, you’ve probably already received your copy of the long-awaited family history by G. Wayne Bradford, “Descendants of William M. and Artemese E. Green Sullivan.” I received it several weeks ago but my family’s busy schedule wouldn’t let me give it an adequate...

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Yep, We’ve Moved!

“You say Yes. I say No. You say Why? I say I don’t know. Oh, I don’t know why you say goodbye. I say hello.”       — Lennon-McCartney What kind of world would this be if I didn’t zig while the rest of the world zagged? After all, I...

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In Loving Memory

I need to apologize to all the members of heycuz. Lately, I haven’t been responding to any queries on the group or working on the web site and I need to explain why. Ever since my Aunt Josephine Sullivan Davis passed away, I’ve had a hard time getting motivated. In...

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Publish or Perish

I always liked those Dell Logic Puzzles. You know the kind I’m talking about— John wore a red shirt and liked green lollypops. Fred wore a shirt of another primary color and played basketball. Suzy’s dress did not match Fred’s or John’s but she liked both lollypops...

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Happy New Year

I’m really looking forward to a new year with my cousins. I hope that we all can solve our biggest puzzles, form deeper, lasting relationships, and perhaps even meet each other. I have written down some of my New Year’s Resolutions: New Year’s...

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Heycuz! Merry Christimas

Merry Christmas Its been quite a year for us at Heycuz with new members and renewing lots of old connections. Personally I’ve been so busy this month that I haven’t been able to write my column for this month. My son Lucas and I were working on his letter...

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A Time For Giving Thanks

I often recieve comments about the website and newsgroup praising my work. Among the kudos are comments like, “I don’t know how you do it!” and “Where do you ever get such great information?” While all the pats on the back are much...

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The Most Powerful Thing

by Lucas Heath Pastis
 Remember how powerful a photograph can be. More powerful than any bombs As powerful as LOVE (Kim Phuc)


 
 They say that love is so powerful, it can make you do crazy things. I have been lucky enough to live a crazy life. There have been loves...

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Where are we going?

I can see clearly now the rain has gone All of the dark clouds have disappeared Here is that rainbow I’ve been praying for It’s going to be a bright, bright sun-shiny day. There’s a point in everyone’s life when they take stock of where they’ve been and where they are...

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