I’ll be spending my Christmas here at home with my parents and brother. So far our winter has been wet, hovering close to the freezing mark so we’re definitely having a white Christmas, although we’ve been above 3 or 4 degrees above freezing this week so the snowbanks have receded a fair amount and are looking a bit dirty.

Wishing you a peaceful, loving Christmas. All the best for 2012!

Cousins, I’m planning on sitting down and writing my xmas letter next week. I’ll be emailing it to those of you I have email addresses for…

I haven’t done much research, but I’m starting to get the itch again. I’m debating about ordering some birth/death records from Wisconsin related to the Judas tree.

I’m also scratching my head trying to figure out a way to better merge my database software with the WordPress software that runs the site/blog. So you’ll see some strange things happening around here and not all menu links are going to work properly while I tinker with coding…

I just finished installing a major update to the database software, but I’ve run into a little snag in the menu links – some of them want to point to the wrong spot and may produce an error.  I’m gonna try &  do a temp fix, which may look a bit strange, while I try and get everything working kosher again.

The “living” flags on some people may be in error. Please let me know of any errors you do find.  I work hard on the data to try and keep this accurate, but some records still slip through when I don’t have any death records.

The software has also been upgraded to the latest version.

The new database integration means I have to make changes to the theme I’ve been using. So I have graphics to change, columns to move around, categories to change.

So please bear with me while I experiement.

I have other language packs available.  If you would prefer another installed, please let me know.  Just be aware that the language change only affects the software tabs, and not the documents that I’ve uploaded – they will still be English. To translate those, try viewing the site using Google’s translate service.

Today, I’ve uploaded the latest version of the database software, which fortunately fixed a problem I was having with Google maps.  I’ve also uploaded some new Judas photos including the obituary info for my grand-uncle Raymond Judas.  You can check out any new additions by visiting the “What’s New” page.

I haven’t yet been brave and upload a new version of my GEDCOM – I’m just a bit worried that importing it will cause my media/document links to fail. 

If you haven’t checked out the Estacaille Ning social site, please come by.  We’ve got new members in the last month or so.

Visit Estacaille Relations

Just a quick note to let you all know that I just purchased an upgrade to the TNG database software.  So if you find the database unavailable during the next few days – don’t panic – I’m still here.  The upgrade should go smoothly, but Murphy’s Law sometimes kicks in

Beginning of January I was on pins & needles waiting on a phone call for a job interview – I’d applied back in November.  Meanwhile, one of my previous employers wanted me to work for her. I knew that she needed me badly for the next few weeks as the accountant was due to take some time off & there was no one else in the office experienced to cover for him.  Seeing as I hadn’t gotten my phone call, I took the job.  A month later, mid February, I got the call I’d been waiting for. I was offered the job, started it March 2.  So for the past 3 weeks I’ve been getting used to a new work environment. I’ve also been doing some web design/desktop publishing projects on the side.

Tonight, I’m making backups of my computer (badly needed-I’m behind) as I’m hoping to upgrade from XP to Vista – and hopefully solve a video driver problem I’ve had for the past 6 months.

The little bit of genealogy research I’ve been doing has been attempting for find death/birth information on Johann Judas.  It’s been a struggle that hasn’t resolved itself yet.  I’m hoping the information, once I find it (fingers & toes crossed), will connect my Judas branch with Elaine Lloyd’s branch in Australia.  I’ll post any updates here and on my social site at http://estacaille.ning.com

There are a couple of bugs that I need to fix.

First, the links from the photos/histories/documents to each person has disappeared.  I will have to set each one manually (again, sigh!).
The list of users and passwords also didn’t transfer over.