Helping the present understand the past
I had a few minutes today to take a look at my AncestryDNA results and surprisingly…there were NO SURPRISES! Between my grandparents’ knowledge and stories and the work the family has done on the genealogy already I was well prepared for what Ancestry told me. Which, I have to say, was almost disappointing, LOL. I’d…
I don’t know if I’ve received a more exciting email. Short, sweet and to the point, that email means my AncestryDNA results that are ready for viewing!! That was so much faster than I expected and now I can’t wait to view them. Sadly I’m not sure I’ll have time to view them right away…
In January I posted about some of my previous-year accomplishments and current-year goals for my genealogy. I decided to do a mid-year check-in to see where I’m at on meeting my goals for this year. Here’s the list I began the year with: Continue the research I’ve begun on D1′s family and start collecting proof…
I received the following notice from Ancestry about my DNA sample: Woo hoo how exciting! I’ve been hearing that DNA results from Ancestry are coming back a little faster than 6-8 weeks but I’m a don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched kind of girl so I’m going to assume it will take the full…
A couple of weeks ago we started talking about census records and looked at the 1940 census. Today we’re continuing to look at census records and the focus is on the 1930 census. The 1930 census was enumerated beginning 1 April 1930. Let’s take a look at an actual census record to see what kind…