Because of my crazy summer taking care of my Senior dog, her death, and then the gift of a puppy, I completely missed the fact that the Research Journal turned one year old in June. Happy Belated Birthday to us! The blog did exist before that but in a different form. It went dormant for…
Where Was My Family 100 Years Ago?
On the 100 Years in America blog, the question is asked “Where was my family 100 years ago”? For my nomadic ancestors, the answer is never simple. Unlike my brother-in-law’s La Grange’s who stayed in one place for 200+ years, mine were migrated all over the place. 1. My maternal great great grandfather, Thomas Augustine…
Are These The Right Smiths?
I’m working on my brother-in-law’s La Grange line. It’s well documented and goes back to the originally immigrant, Omie de La Grange, who arrived in New Amsterdam in the mid-1600s. The problem is that I have a hole right smack in the middle of the tree! John S. La Grange died in 1916 in Rotterdam,…
Redoing My Genealogy Computer Folders
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I started collecting genealogy documents on my computer. I put things in folders labeled Census, Ellis Island, Passports, etc. It made sense…at the time. Now it’s a decade later. I’ve got thousands of people who I’ve collected documents for and I can’t see to find…
Saturday Night Challenge: 16 Great Greats
Randy has offered up this challenge for Saturday night. List your 16 Great Great Grandparents, give their birth and death information, then figure out your ethnicity. I only have 14 Great Greats, so that’s what I will work with. Since RootsMagic can do this for me in an Ahnentafel chart, I will cheat a tiny…