Thank you to Norman Cutshall of Bouse, Arizona for sharing his story with us. In March 2011 I had no interest in genealogy. For 73 years the knowledge that I was adopted as an infant satisfied my need to know …
The Lottery Winner: A Man Discovers His Lost Family After 73 Years .
Hello chaps, When I was a teenager, my Aunty A (whose real name was Annie Jane, but she’d never admit to it – and whose husband, I understand, didn’t tell her for months that he’d registered their baby daughter’s name …
My last post described how a family’s name changed upon their arrival in the US. It elicited a comment (for which thanks) that the name HOUSE pronounced by a Dorset person could easily sound like HOWES to American ears. I …
Growing up in a small town in the 1950’s, the generation gap meant that old folks didn’t understand teenagers. When I became seriously involved in genealogy research, I realized that some researchers also misunderstand the ‘Genealogy Generation Gap’. I asked …
Photo Caption: Jodi’s recent class photo purchases (stop her before she buys again!) I have a problem. That’s the first step to recovery right? I am addicted to purchasing old class photos. To help myself I have given up eBay …
Appreciating Our Ancestor’s Education & Controlling an eBay Habit .
This is the story of my grandma Wallin’s oldest sister, Anna Marie Peterson Genoways (1887-1928). She was a schoolteacher, like I used to be; and she found love later in life, like I did. Anna was the oldest of eight …
hello chaps, My last blog included the story of a mistaken birth-date on a gravestone – and Janis went one better by telling me about her ancestor who apparently has graves in Kansas and in Iowa (all together now, “This …
Thanks to Kiki Corbin for sharing one of our first genealogy tidbits. Kiki says: “I have traced my Corbin family back to the 1400’s after many years of research. I was only able to trace my Angelakis family back 4 …
What is the Best Way to Uncover Details About Our Ancestors? .
My husband’s paternal grandmother was a Carriveau by birth. They were a family who seemed to live under a shadow of misfortune. The patriarch of the family was Laurent Corriveau, who came from Quebec to Michigan in the late 1800s …
As mentioned in my last post, I took on this One-Name Study to extend my knowledge of my name and, in the process, learn more about its origin and then share that back with the world. A further real benefit has …