For the most part, my DNA results have been a side note to my regular genealogy research. I’ve worked out two matches in the two years since testing. Most of my matches are vague, 4th to distant matches. So, why did this one DNA match catch my interest? My DNA Match is French I will… Continue reading My Obsession with My DNA Match: Exploring a French Genetic Connection
I had my DNA tested with FTDNA about 2 years ago. I go over my matches regularly. I can see that my matches have ancestry from Ireland, Wales, England, the Azores, or France. I don’t know the connections, but it is plausible that we are related. Other matches make not sense at all. Then, there… Continue reading Harry Jackson, Are You to Blame for My Weird DNA Matches?
Randy has supplied us with another intriguing Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. This challenge involves looking at how old my 2nd great grandparents lived to be. I enjoy these types of challenges as they give me a different way of looking at my genealogy. I cheated and let RootsMagic 7 Family Tree Genealogy Software do the… Continue reading SNGF: Lifespans of My 2nd Great Grandparents
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,… Continue reading It’s the 110th Anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
How do you learn the name of a person when all you have to go on is their daughter’s name and what sounds like a nickname for their first name? This genealogy research journal will explore the mystery of Helen (Pacheco) Correia and her adoptive mother whose name was lost over time. Helen was part… Continue reading Helen’s Adoptive Mother Had No Last Name
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