Randy’s latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge is up. Tonight’s challenge is to go to my genealogy database. Scroll down to the letter B, and select the last person in my list. Then, tell what I know about this person. 1. The last person in my letter B’s is Manuel Buttelo. 2. I see that…
Category: About My Ancestors
SNGF: Surname Distribution
Randy has given us an interesting challenge tonight for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Go over to ancestry.com and try out their Surname Distribution Map app. I’m going to use 1920 for all my maps since these people weren’t in the US before 1882 (and most came in the 1890s). I started with my own surname,…
Do you have new immigrants?
I’ve been researching for over 20 years. In that time, I’ve lamented that some people have an easier time researching than me because their ancestors came here before the American Revolution. There lines have been researched and then researched again. My brother-in-law not only has La Grange’s in America back to the 1600s but he…
SNGF: Where on the map?
Randy’s latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge asks us to create maps using the interface at defocus.net showing where we’ve lived and where we have visited. Then, we’re supposed to do the same for our ancestors. I have only been in two US States. I’ve lived in California all my life and I’ve been to…
In Honor of Veterans Day
On Memorial Day, I have written about those who fought but did not come home. For Veterans Day, I want to show some of those who fought for their country and returned home. They did their service, some for the amount of time they were drafted for, and some made a career of it. They…