Since I’ve been working with newspapers over the last two years, I’ve been noticing something. More relatives than I ever dreamed of have been involved in crime. It creates a dilemma for the genealogist. How much should you record about a relatives criminal past? How much should be shared? What would be better left unsaid?…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Count Your Trees, Part Two
This is the second post on Randy’s Genea Musings “Count Your Trees” challenge. This time I’ll use my Jones-Jackson-Kelly-Dolan database and the database for my Dad’s side. Unlike the Azoreans who multiplied like rabbits, these lines are much shorter and were more painstaking to research. The root person for this database is Julia Jackson, my…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Count Your Trees, Part One
Randy set out an interesting challenge for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Use my genealogy software’s tree function to count the trees in my database. I have three separate databases. One is for my Dad’s side, one is my Mom’s Father’s side, and another is for my Mom’s Mother’s side (don’t ask…it made sense 10 years…
How Do You Track Your Digital Documents?
I have found myself in a situation that I am sure is not unique. Between 2009 and 2011, my home life was in turmoil. My 14 year old dog passed away, I was given a puppy, my Dad’s health worsened and he passed away, and I moved. For about 2 1/2 to 3 years…
That’s Old News: Who Names Their Son Benjamin Franklin?
That’s the question I had to answer. One of my distant cousins, Catherine McSweegan, daughter of Thomas McSweegan and Catherine Kelly, married a man named B.F. Baddeley. That “B.F.” drove me crazy. What did it stand for? I researched different records to see if I could uproot his first and middle name. I eventually found…