Cousin Bait that worked on me! One great source of cousin bait that I have used successfully in my research is to search out family history societies. Where better to find someone eager to help with your research, than with someone who shares a common interest or hobby, Genealogy?! My suggestion for starting to fish…
I don’t know why this post has been so difficult for me. I think it’s likely because when I think of Mother’s Day I think about my own Mom of course. Only I haven’t seen her in so, so long. What year are we in now? Gosh 2021. I haven’t seen her this year at…
Crime and Punishment – 52 Ancestors Challenge Week # 18 Although I am sure I have my share of criminals in my family tree, I have chosen to write about my 2x Great-Grandfather, Henry William APPS. On Find A Grave I have a profile set up for him and in 2019 I was contacted through…
I’m participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestor’s Challenge and this week’s writing prompt is Favourite Place. Her suggestions reads “So many records that we use (and memories that we have) are tied to a place. What is a favorite place to research? What is a favorite ancestral home? Feel free to interpret this theme…
I thought that in order to try and learn a bit more about my husband’s RAMSAY side of his family tree, I would look into AncestryDNA’s ThruLines to try and seek out some cousins on his RAMSAY line. It’s always good to reach out and ask for help, so why not try with other people…
One of the biggest brick walls in my family tree stands at the roots of my maternal Grandmother’s side of the family. The Lipman/Lippman(s) Most of the information that I have about the Lippman family stems from a book of memories that my Grandmother thankfully wrote down many years ago. I’m so grateful for her…
I’ve had some really good luck lately as far as researching my family’s history. I might even be so bold as to call it great and that’s not just because great is the theme of this week’s 52 Ancestors writing prompt! *winky face* The information that I received also happens to be about my Great…
First off, when I think about music, I think about my Dad’s guitar, a Yamaha FG-300 – Red Label – NIPPON GAKKI, which I believe that he purchased at the original TOM LEE Music in Vancouver. It’s a gorgeous instrument and I’m proud to have it displayed in our home. Over a year ago Grandpa…
All of us, at some point, have lost someone whom we love. Most recently for me, it was my Dad in February. The loss of a family member is not something that you will ever “get over” as is so beautifully stated in the above quote from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Kubler-Ross was a psychiatrist who wrote…
Good Fortune I’m participating (again) in Amy Johnson-Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge and this week the writing prompt is Fortune. Last year, around this same time frame, we had a similar prompt, Prosperity and for that I chose to write about how the famous explorer, Sir Henry Morton Stanley was probably the most financially fortunate of…
