In my last post I shared some of my goals I would like to work on in the next 13 weeks of the Genealogy Do Over. Before I could get down to making research plans I wanted to upgrade my laptops operating system and programs. As I’ve mentioned before I use Linux my primary operating…
A few weeks ago Thomas MacEntee announced a new project on the Geneabloggers site. It’s the Genealogy Do Over and wow has it gathered a lot of attention in the genealogy community! There is even a Facebook group with over 1000 members. The basic idea behind the Genealogy Do Over is to put aside ALL…
It’s that time of year again when we start to look back over what we have accomplished and what we would like to make better in the year to come. Last year I didn’t post any genealogy goals for 2014. I was expecting our 6th little baby and having a few health issues. I knew…
Amanuensis Monday is a blogging theme created by John Newmark at the Transylvanian Dutch blog. From Genea-Bloggers “An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.” James Mills was my 2nd Great Grandfather he was born 16 April 1826 in Worlingworth, Suffolk, England. James…
I’m joining in Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings. Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music): 1) Dana Leeds on the Enthusiastic Genealogist blog asks “Did/Do Your Children Know Any of Their Great-Grandparents?” 2) I thought that would be a great Saturday Night Genealogy…
Last January I posted that while searching for information on one of my 5th Great Grandmothers Eunice the first wife of Adam Howatt, I discovered a baptism index that showed her surname as Crossman not Buell. Eunice has been a long time brick wall for researchers, township history books for P.E.I. list her as Eunice…
One of my 3rd Great Grandmothers Rhoda A. Crowell (Puddington) has been a long time brick wall in my family genealogy. I’ve always wanted to find out who Rhoda really was and what family she belonged to. This past week I decided to start my search fresh with just the facts I knew and not…
I recently shared the ethnicity results of MyOrigins Family Tree DNA results. Last summer I also had my autosomal DNA tested with Ancestry. This is a brief look at it’s ethnic suggestions. Family Tree DNA’s MyOrigins showed I was 100% European with a break down of Western and Central Europe 50%, British Isles 32%, and Scandinavia…
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…