This past may Family Tree DNA updated their Population Finder, now called My Origins. Two years ago (oh my has it been that long already?!) I posted my Population Finder results. I thought it would be fun to compare this with the new My Origins. Now it is important to remember that population finder type…
I’m joining in Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun meme this week. This round is about your fathers, mother’s paternal line. 1) What was your father’s mother’s name?My father’s mother was Margaret Alice (Colgan) Mills. Margaret was born 10 August 1891 in Grey county, Ontario to John James Colgan (1854-1928) and Indiana Lovica Badgerow (1866-1937). She…
Goodness, the last 2 weeks have flown by so quickly! I haven’t had much time to get on the computer, but I wanted to share that our sweet new little girl was born just over 2 weeks ago. We had a long and hard birth as the wee one was in a bad position. Then…
Many people and companies still use Windows XP, despite it’s age. In many ways I can understand this. After all Windows XP is a pretty light weight system when compared to newer versions of Windows. It wasn’t that long ago that many netbooks were still being shipped with XP because Windows 7 was just to…
I posted a few years ago about the search for my 2nd Great Grandmother Margaret Stinson’s parents. I did finally figure out back in 2012 who her family was although I continued to search for more proof. Earlier in this past January I had a new 4th cousin DNA match pop up on AncestryDNA. I…
Earlier today Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced that they would be digitizing the 650, 000 Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) records starting in March 2014. These will be made freely available online. Starting with surnames A to D they should be online by this summer! For more information visit the LAC blog.
My 5th Great Grandfather on my direct maternal line is Adam Howatt born abt. 1785 in Tryon, PEI. Adam died 23 Nov. 1871 in Augustine Cove, PEI. He was the son of James Howatt and Marguerite Ulrich. My brick wall on this line is Adam’s first wife. All the trees I’ve ever found show it…
I was really excited when I received an email a few days ago announcing that Legacy 8 was now available. While Legacy isn’t my main genealogy program I do like it. I was especially looking forward to trying out their new shared facts/events feature. Shared facts is an option that I use often in RootsMagic. …
RootsMagic is my main genealogy program. One feature it has that I just love is the ability to share facts between individuals. Any fact can be shared, when entering a baptism you can share it to the god parents/sponsors. You can share it to the minister. When sharing a census you can share it to…
The first record I have found of Samuel Bivins I have found is when he married Esther Garran in Campbell County, Kentucky on the 17 January 1828. David Badgerow is listed as their bondman. Since the bondman is normally close family and David’s wife was Keziah Bevins I believe that Samuel is likely her brother….