When teaching genealogy classes, I am always quick to point out to my students that when you look at your tree, you should marvel at what it took to get you here today. My example is John Wickham, my 7th
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 4
Poor Grandma Rose! The week started so nicely for her with a burst of pretty sunshine, Olive’s birthday, and a somewhat poetic reflection on tall, swaying grass before taking an unexpected, if not chilly, turn of events at the end
The Fiery Demise of Rosa Ellen Eccard Brown & Her Children
I love a good family mystery and when I received a hint for my second great-aunt Rosa Ellen Eccard Brown in Ancestry the other day about dying from shock received from burns, I knew I had a real whopper on
And then things change…
Life has a funny way of putting you where you *need* to be versus where you necessarily *want* to be. When we moved to New York from Ohio, my genealogy had not expanded far past the Ohio/Kentucky borders. It had
The Scourge of Bad, Dirty Trees
I’m going to channel my inner Sophia Petrillo here for a moment. Picture this: you’re researching your family tree on one of the “big name” sites. You don’t know much about your family to begin with so you can’t really