Heycuz

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 Online" widget on the front...

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 side is...

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 year.This year...

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 stories,...

Time to Go Ahead

My first editor taught me that there's a time to stop editing and go to press. I know there are still bugs in the system, but hopefully I can work them out and still have much of this site online. So far, known bugs include pages not loading correctly in Internet...

Website Update and Suggestions Requested

I'm so excited about the website update. I wish that you all could see it, but I have to keep it offline for now, because when I set it to run, the old website will be wiped clean for the new installation. Don't worry, I've backed up the old stuff so nothing will be...

Dreamware

Wishin' and Hopin', Thinkin' and Prayin'Plannin' and Schemin' Each Night from the StartThat Won't Get You into His HeartThe recent problems I have had with making our regularly scheduled updates to the Heycuz website has got me to thinking...Daydreaming really....

Busy, Busy Summer

Hi Cousins,I hope everyone had a great summer and is ready to share all their genealogical research they found! My family had a very busy summer starting with the graduation of our son from middle school in June. Since then we've been running around like banshees up...

Family Photos – Arggggh!

Everyone knows that I love photographs of our ancestors. Seeing the family resemblance in a photograph taken a hundred years ago sends chills up my back. Once, in wondering if a branch of the family was really mine, I stumbled across a photo of a civil war soldier and...

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 side is...

read more

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 year.This year...

read more

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

read more

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 stories,...

read more

Time to Go Ahead

My first editor taught me that there's a time to stop editing and go to press. I know there are still bugs in the system, but hopefully I can work them out and still have much of this site online. So far, known bugs include pages not loading correctly in Internet...

read more

Website Update and Suggestions Requested

I'm so excited about the website update. I wish that you all could see it, but I have to keep it offline for now, because when I set it to run, the old website will be wiped clean for the new installation. Don't worry, I've backed up the old stuff so nothing will be...

read more

Dreamware

Wishin' and Hopin', Thinkin' and Prayin'Plannin' and Schemin' Each Night from the StartThat Won't Get You into His HeartThe recent problems I have had with making our regularly scheduled updates to the Heycuz website has got me to thinking...Daydreaming really....

read more

Busy, Busy Summer

Hi Cousins,I hope everyone had a great summer and is ready to share all their genealogical research they found! My family had a very busy summer starting with the graduation of our son from middle school in June. Since then we've been running around like banshees up...

read more