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Got UK Ancestors? You may find something here...

A very nice online source for checking up on UK ancestors and their "official" documents is located here:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/

The UK National Archives. Handy to have!

Happy New Year to all!

Added by William S Dean on January 1, 2010 at 6:31pm — 1 Comment

African Ancestry and believers!

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Read the following article that I just found in my late father's archives: It simply proves my thoughts on this issue...What are yours?

Added by CHASTITY on August 13, 2009 at 6:57pm — 2 Comments

Today I have officially gone to the dogs!

Call it "Dog Days of Summer" or just plain biting off more than I can already chew...I just opened up my grandson's family tree website to the dogs or their ancestral pets.

I have been knocking this idea around ever sense I got the GenBug after I retired from my work in Animal Welfare. The idea, was to provide a place for folks to post their ancestors pet's picture, hopefully with the owner, if not, just the pet will do, I even quietly entered a pet on ancestry.com and quickly… Continue

Added by Nancy Hickman on July 23, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

German Ancestors

I have been browsing the members section and it seems that pretty much everyone I come across, including myself, has a German country to search or are connected to Germany in some way. I wonder why this is?What are your thoughts on the subject?

Anyhow, let me tell me why I am interested in Germany. My great-great-grandmother, Jalie Caroll was born to a German mother(identity unknown), and a Black father(Mr. Walter Carroll). She then came to the states and met and married my… Continue

Added by CHASTITY on July 13, 2009 at 3:35pm — 5 Comments

Who will continue your research?

Every genealogist wonders who will continue their research when they were gone. My paternal grandmother died knowing that her oldest granddaughter and oldest daughter were serious genealogy hobbists. However, once my cousin had a family of her own, her genealogy obsession waivered. My aunt has not done any serious research in years. And neither of them are the generous types in sharing the research they have. Information they collected on a trip to England three decades ago is something they… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 13, 2009 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

Hugged by Ancestors

I made a reference in a previous blog about feeling hugged by my ancestors when sitting among my grandparents scrapbooks, photo albums, journals, etc., when I was 16 years old. A new found friend on GenealogyWise emailed me and said he liked that phrase, "hugged by ancestors." A few of the back and forth emails had the subject line "Hugged by ancestors," and I have not been able to get this phrase out of my head since.

As I pulled a few different genealogy files out today to look up… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 11, 2009 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

When I got bit by the genealogy bug...

Everyone has a story of when they were bit by the genealogy bug and their entire lives were transformed to trying to get as much information as possible about their family. This blog will share mine. I will also post this as a discussion forum to hear others stories.

My paternal grandfather died when I was 16 years old on December 17, 1993. I was a junior in high school. Both sets of my grandparents lived two hours from my house in different directions, so I was never close with any… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 9, 2009 at 11:03am — 1 Comment