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…
The Thankful List
As it is Thanksgiving, I’d like to take a moment to say thanks for a few things in my life and my genealogy world. I am thankful that angioplasty has worked so well for my Mom and two weeks later she is pain free. I am thankful for the family that I laugh with, share…
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,…
Book of Me, Prompt 12: The Year that I was Born
[This week the Book of Me, Written by You explores the year that we were born.] The Beginning of My Life I was born in January 1964 on a Tuesday. I was the last grandchild on the Lassalle side of the tree–the youngest of that generation. I was christened in June of the same year…
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…