Familysearch.org website is one of the most used websites in genealogy. This is a big achievement, as I don’t see them put out big advertising campaigns like Ancestry and Findmypast. Familysearch website doesn’t have the slick lines and the shaky leaf syndrome. It also doesn’t have the price tag. It’s …
Our Warren coat of arms has given inspiration to our family. Not the type of inspiration that you would expect. The colours on the shield are blue and yellow and my father in law took that as a sign to paint his home in those colours. I love the meaning …
Ben Affleck has been in the news recently when it was found out that he asked for a part of a show from “Finding Roots” to be taken out. He was embarrassed by a slave owning ancestor. Now that everybody knows, he is happy to admit that he was embarrassed. …
Not everyone can see the value in old items such as letters, diaries, bibles and even war medals. Many times when people die all their possessions are just dispersed into the bin, second hand shops or sold off. The problem is that unless it is obvious sometimes, it is hard …
When I was 15 I decided that with my part time job I would buy stuff to one day move out. I had an older brother with many items in his house that used to be in our family home and thought Mum would run out of things to …
It was rumoured that one of my ancestors had a mine that was called Hallelujuh and they were a member of the Salvation Army member. This lead me to wonder what records that Salvation Army had. This helped me strike gold in my own mine of genealogy. My first stop …
Cemeteries are as close as you can get to an ancestor today. They move you and make you stop and think about your own mortality. They can also offer a great deal of information. I have done my own genealogy hunt in cemetaries and found it heartbreaking to see graves …
It depends. I know of a lot of people that would love to know about or have the war medals that their ancestors were given. But many of these medals have been lost, stolen or simply misplaced. I even found a website that tries to locate owners of war medals …
I was surprised to find out that surnames are a recent thing. I guess you don’t really think about it too much when you and everyone you know has had one all your life. But to know that little villages in England just had their own Adam and Eve and …
Pretty much all my family lines go back to ancestry in the UK. I think a lot of people would be in the same position. The only problem is that sometimes if feels like an alien world trying to figure out where you can find the records that you want …
