Helping the present understand the past
This past weekend has been an absolute whirlwind of activity and discovery for me. I had to travel to Fort Worth, Texas for work Thursday and Friday and I took the opportunity to go see the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Dealey Plaza is where President John F. Kennedy was shot in 1963. The…
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Earl Leslie Nickell I’m a little behind on the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge but I’m going to jump in with ancestor #1 and play catch up. This week I’m highlighting my husband’s maternal grandfather. Some basic facts: Name: Earl Leslie Nickell Born: 24 July 1918 Parents: Delbert A….
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Challenge Accepted! I’m a member of several different genealogy groups on FaceBook. You might not normally think of FaceBook for genealogy but it’s a great platform for communicating with other genealogists! While browsing the posts of the Genealogy Bloggers group, I ran across a post from one of the members…
With the time off from work I had around Christmas time I devoted some time to beginning work on D1’s genealogy. I had no idea what I would find or if it would be difficult to find information on his family but I was prepared for some quality time on different genealogy sites in search…
Census records. Every genealogist uses them at one point or another. They’re a great source of information as long as you keep in mind the possibility for errors to be found within the census records. The United States has taken a federal census every 10 years since 1790. The first census enumeration contained a limited…