Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
Have you uploaded your raw DNA files to GEDMatch.com? If not, you should consider it. Not only is there the possibility of connecting with new cousins who tested with different DNA companies, there are some nifty tools not available anywhere else. There are a variety of chromosome mapping tools that allow you to analyze your…
Randy has a brand new challenge up for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Who has been president in my life, my parents lives, and my grandparents lives. One question always leads to another. I started to think about how only about half of the presidents directly affected the lives of my ancestors. My first ancestors didn’t…
This week for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Randy asks how we began researching our family tree. I can still remember the moment when I started this journey. We were visiting my grandma at the rest home where she lived. It was a beautiful sunny day and we were outside in the patio area having a…
The Golden State Warriors did something in 2016 that no other team in NBA history had done before. They won 73 games in one season. They had to surpass the powerful Chicago Bulls teams of the 1990s to do so. They did it in style. Breaking the record on the very last day of the…
It is the 110th anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. This is the first year that there are no known survivors to gather at Lotta’s Fountain. My Jones, Jackson, and Kelly relatives were living in the city on the 18th of April 1906. All but one lived to tell the tale. My great grandmother,…