2022 A2Z Challenge… A2Z [2022] Reflection 2 May 2022May 2, 2022 "Do The Challenge, Again!" they said, "But use a Genealogy theme, this time!" Note to Self: Do NOT listen to them, again! Truth be told, it was not very difficult…
2022 A2Z Challenge… A2Z 2022: Oral Stories 7 Mar 2022March 30, 2023 Oral Stories and Hand-Me-Downs Are they goldmines for genealogists, or just repetitive old rumours, and juicy, embellished gossip, handed down from generation to generation? It was the early 1800s, in…
BLOG PARTY Home Schooled in DNA 30 Sep 2018January 18, 2019 It is definitely an experience. An extremely steep learning curve, if you do not possess a science degree. (I keep a large bottle of painkillers nearby to make up for my…
Your Roots Are Showing Our Ancestry: By The Numbers 4 Jun 2014April 5, 2018 This is a brief outline for my relatives, curious of our ancestry and how we were a part of history, or more properly how we missed history. ===================================== Our earliest…
Your Roots Are Showing Sunday Showcase: Upper Canada Ancestors 21 Jan 2013April 18, 2018 The Ontario Genealogical Society (Toronto, ON) has a lineage/heritage society for any person that can prove* they are descended from a resident that was in Ontario prior to 10 FEB…
Genealogy Mystery Monday: Little (Orphan?) Annie 19 Nov 2012January 22, 2018 It started on a Friday, just when I thought I was getting the hang of all this genealogy stuff, when my ancestors managed -- after forty years -- to throw…