Can anyone help with this photo? I have to admit that I am a bit of a thrift store junkie. I don’t know exactly what it is about old books and ephemera that I am so attracted to. For me it kind of goes hand in hand with my obsession with ancestry/family history/genealogy. Learning about…
Month: June 2019
William Wright MP
This is my husband’s 2x Great Grandfather. His name is William Wright. He was born on October 29, 1853 in Egremont, Ontario (in Grey County). His parents were David Wright and Susannah Foster. From what I can see his mom was only 17 years old when she had him, his father 22. It seems to…
Your AncestryDNA results are in !!!!
A while back I sent in my DNA to be tested through Ancestry. Below are my Ethnicity Estimate results. I was a little disappointed that there really wasn’t anything surprising to me, as I know that my Dad’s family is all from Great Britain. I don’t know what I was hoping for… a little more…
D-Day : June 6th, 1944
To mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day… Read more on my previous post about D-Day Operation Tonga To me, in the very well known photograph above, the face on the very top left could be that of my Grandfather…and then written below “ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES” is the name Margaret. Maybe it’s a stretch, but…