Connecting Generations: Military History in Family Research

(image created with ChatGPT with the prompt: create a graphic of someone looking at Canadian WWI records) It’s been a great week for me. The first thing that happened was … Continue Reading →

I Bought My 4x GGfather’s Will

This week has been all about my English ancestors. I spent some time searching the 1921 Census of England and Wales on FindmyPast and purchased several records for my family. … Continue Reading →

Did My Family Not Hug Because of the Spanish Flu? (Part Two)

Sixteen months ago, I wrote Did My Family Not Hug Because of the Spanish Flu? I remember at the time I was telling people my theory, and they scoffed at me. But now, all these months later and dealing with all the things we’ve had to deal with during the Covid pandemic, I’m not so sure I was wrong. Continue Reading →

My Family In WWI

I’m not sure I should admit this, but when I started doing my family history, I didn’t know much about history. History was just not a favorite subject when I … Continue Reading →

Jesse Vincent – A World War I Hero

November 11, 2018, will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War; WWI. I had three great grandfather’s that fought in that war; Francis Johnson Middlebrough (who … Continue Reading →

Why You Need To DNA Test Your Siblings

As you have gathered from my other posts I’m a huge advocate for testing other family member’s DNA. In fact, at the present time, I’m either the admin or collaborator … Continue Reading →

The Waiting Room – Are you listening to your ancestors?

I have always felt that my ancestors are waiting to have their stories told. It feels like they are waiting in a large white room, devoid of pictures, windows or … Continue Reading →

Who To DNA Test or Not to DNA Test?

  In my genealogy research, autosomal DNA has become one of my favorite subjects  and sometimes the most frustrating. Just because I’m still in the learning process as to what all … Continue Reading →