Hi everyone Are you ready for the holiday season? Maybe you'd like to check out the Baker's Dozen Genealogist Wish List at http://www.olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ "All I want for Christmas..." Either leave it lying out for your loved ones to see (for gifts for yourself!) or use it to figure out what to get another avid genealogist in the family Also if you've inherited old family photos but have no idea what time period they are from, you might want to watch "5 Types of Early 19th Century Photographs - a YouTube Video< http://www.olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/5-types-of-early-19th-century.html >" on the Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/OliveTreeGenealogy?feature=mhee Learn about the 5 main types of photos from the 1800s and the time periods in which they were produced. The video has many examples of these types. The November Genealogy Challenge was well met and several people submitted their cemetery photos which are being made into videos for the Cemetery Walks on YouTube. See http://www.olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/p/cemetery-walks_26.html for a complete list of what's online and what is waiting in the wings! One last thing - Olive Tree Genealogy just published Case #10 for Found Dog ID Tags of Soldiers. One of the missions of Olive Tree Genealogy is to reunite found Dog ID Tags of soldiers with their descendants. Readers of my blog pitch in to help find loved ones. The list of our cases and whether the dog tags have gone home to descendants or we are still working on finding family is at http://www.olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/p/soldiers-dog-tags-cases.html I'll give my Canadian listers a spoiler - next week there is a case coming up (Case #11) which involves a Canadian soldier from WW1. His dog tags have been found and the finder desperately wants to see them go back to family. Please take a peek and see if you can help with any of the open cases! What a great Christmas present that would be for some family - to have their dad or grandpa's dog tags returned. Lorine -- ----- Lorine McGinnis Schulze Olive Tree Genealogy http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com