Helping the present understand the past
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…
I finally did it…I took the plunge into the world of DNA. DNA is an interesting subject to begin with, but the use of DNA in genealogy has been intriguing for me. I actually wanted to dive into genealogy-DNA close to when it first began to be used for genealogy but I’m a rather cautious…
And don’t you just hate it when that happens? I know I do. I’ve been noticeably absent from posting on my blog because of it. But I definitely haven’t been idle. My big project was changing employers. I usually stay away from talking about work because, after all, this is a genealogy blog. But I’m…
Today we’re continuing to talk about vital records. Last week we talked about birth certificates and some of the information you can find on them. This week we’re going to talk about marriage records. If you’ve been married you know how obtaining a marriage license works. You fill out an application, get the license, the…
A brick wall. Every genealogist has one at one time or another. My genealogy is no different. With Constitution Day being this week (September 17 to be exact) my thoughts have been centering on my brick wall. You see, the Daughters of the American Revolution work very hard to celebrate Constitution Week (for obvious reasons)…