My Dad’s maternal aunt is an intriguing figure in my family tree. She was a French immigrant coming to America in the early 1900s. She never married and never had children. She may have played a small role aiding the US in World War I. The Woman Known as Tante Marie Marie Alexine Lassalle was known to most as Tante Marie. Tante being the French word for aunt. She, was born in Ogeu les bains, France, on the 19th of…
I don’t know why Magdelaine Mazeres left France for America. She arrived in the late 1870s, a single woman, navigating the bustling city of San Francisco alone. She ended up in a bad situation. Would she survive the challenges ahead of her as a single parent alone in the city? Let’s find out. Here is her story. What Was Magdelaine Doing in America? Magdelaine’s story is a bit unusual. Normally, a male relative emigrated first. He got himself settled, earned…
MyHeritage DNA made a lot of genealogists happy in January 2018 by adding a chromosome browser. This allowed users to see what chromosome sequence they shared with DNA matches. But, it was limited to seeing only one match at a time. The newest update allows you to compare multiple matches to each other, thus making all the information on MyHeritage DNA even more useful. What’s a Chromosome Browser? It’s great to know that you match another person’s DNA, but how…
I was stumbling over this question, not knowing what direction to go in, so I worked on something else. As I was researching my great great aunt’s employment for the WPA in 1940, I started asking myself questions about her situation. How would a woman in her 50s or 60s find sewing work through the WPA? Before you knew it I had 5 tabs going with histories of WPA sewing rooms. That’s when I knew the answer to “what makes…
Have you heard of Flipboard? Flipboard is a social media app that allows you to collect articles and blog posts in magazine format. To save an item, you “flip” it. You can share these items publicly or keep them to yourself. It’s a great way to save articles you want to go back to or to share them with others. A Flipboard is a lot like a Magazine Each flipboard is a collection of articles. The articles are presented much…