Tip One…Start now

If there is one thing that I can impress upon you more than anything else, it is to start compiling the most critical data as soon as possible.  The reason you want to do this now is because life can take some incredible turns at unpredictable times.  With that in mind, you have to map [...]

You never know what you have…

This past December, my maternal grandfather passed away.  I came back to Fayetteville, NC after the funeral in Tennessee with one of the carnations that was used as part of the floral arrangement on the casket.  I put it in a small vase and placed it on my desk between a pencil holder and a [...]

It’s that one time when you get to know someone…

As has already been discussed in this blog, the news media – particularly the electronic media – are not incredibly interested in stories of what many would call “real people”.  They tend to follow much more closely the worlds of the famous and infamous because they sell papers, increase ratings and give corporate media CEO’s [...]

The Family Time Machine Newsletter…

Thanks to everyone who has enjoyed our blog over the course of the last few weeks.  Our numbers have shot up and we are very happy with the response and attention that you are giving us.
If you’d like to help us out even more, sign up to get the weekly newsletter (http://www.familytimemachine.com/newsletter.php) which comes out [...]

Spring Cleaning…

Spring Cleaning seems to be an annual rite of passage for those members of our society who take it upon themselves to make sure that everything is where it needs to be in a home.
One thing that you can do this year that you might have neglected in years past is to take a look [...]

Completing a memorial…

One of the draws about going to Washington D.C. is the fact that there is so much history there – not only made on a daily basis, but captured in the form of memorials for those who gave their lives and museums of the past marking the progress our nation has made.
One memorial, in its [...]

“Haves” and “have nots”

Through the last few posts, you can see that there is a general trend in this area that can’t be ignored.  Bluntly said: if you have a reason to be famous, you will be remembered.  If you don’t have a reason to be famous, you won’t be remembered.
For many people, that’s completely ok with them [...]

The hills are alive…with an autobiography

Julie Andrews is back.  No, not in the sense that you might be thinking about, but back on the front page, if you will.  The singer that made musicals such as “The Sound of Music” and “Mary Poppins” has released a new memoir: “Home: A Memoir of My Early Years” and it’s not exactly a [...]

Restore a photo without leaving your home…

The Family Time Machine now has a way that you can restore a photo via the internet that allows you to send us a photo to be restored and pay for it online while getting a digital copy back that you can print out and frame.  Here is how it works:
1. Scan the photo that [...]

Giving history a name

There are a lot of geneologists that become confused at some point in their search when they can identify a person, but they can’t give a date as to when that person died.  Similarly, there are also people who have graves with no name on them. 
Coincidence?  Not hardly.
Meet Todd Mathews from Livingston Tennessee – east [...]