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Family History with Harry Potter book 5

Sirius Black had a family tree hanging in his home as described in the Order of the Phoenix! Harry Potter has so much family history intertwined in his story! I love it ❤️ Harry Potter dinner menu for book 5, Order of the Phoenix: Tonight, the kids insisted we have Butterbeer again! Delish. (See Family…

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Family History with Harry Potter book 6

Our second to last Harry Potter book, the Half-blood Prince, is the saddest. In the end, Dumbledore dies. But this is the reason we do family history and connect ourselves to our loved ones. So as family history lovers, what’s our next step? To make sure we’ve got all our family placed in our genealogy tree! Names,…

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Family History with Harry Potter book 4

Family History wasn’t as prevalent in Harry Potter’s book 4: The Goblet of Fire.  But don’t you worry, I figured it out! 😊 My decorations were minimal tonight: As the week wears on, I’m getting a bit less and less artistic. Haha.  Next time, and yes there will be a next time, I will do…

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Family History with Harry Potter book 2

It’s been so fun realizing that the Harry Potter books are all about family history! And incorporating them into your family makes fun memories! Decorating for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Making memories with Harry Potter book 2, the Chamber of Secrets, began by adding more decorations to our dinner table.  Owls and…

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Screenshot! For Genealogy Research

Screenshot! For genealogy research, what is the best way to screen shot records on the computer for future printing, deciphering or study, and for zooming in?  Well, fortunately, after screen shooting a dozen records, I discovered, there’s a good way and a poor-quality way to do it.  Let me explain . . . How many…

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Christmas Card Display

I love Christmas cards! I love seeing what friends and family are doing, I love seeing how they are growing and changing, and I especially love in some cards reading their testimonies of Christ. In years past I had a special box that would sit out on the counter during the month of December and…

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