Who Was Your Doppelgänger Ancestor?
I bet you have someone in your family tree that looked exactly like you. I’ve been shocked at how often…
I bet you have someone in your family tree that looked exactly like you. I’ve been shocked at how often…
How special would it be to read a journal your grandmother wrote? Maybe you’re lucky enough to have such a…
Have you ever thought about how many things needed to happen just right to lead to you sitting here today…
In one of my favorite books, Atomic Habits, James Clear wrote: “Success is the product of daily habits, not once-in-a-lifetime transformation.” Your ancestors…
My great-grandmother, Helen, left nothing up to interpretation in her high school yearbook. Portland High School asked the senior class…
Are any letters written during the Civil War hidden in your home’s walls?
In the 1990s, the Gill family renovated their home in rural Maine. It happened to be the house that my great-great-grandfather was born in and grew up in from 1854 to 1880. The Gills tore down a wall and found something shocking.
An Honor, An Announcement, and A Thank You: Yesterday, Vita Brevis, the blog of the oldest genealogical library in the country, published an article I wrote about going there when I was ten years old! I am humbled and excited to share it with you. You can see the full article here: https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2023/07/becoming-a-genealogist-at-age-10/.
In other news, Genealogy-Jack.com launched today!
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Tracing how the Catanach name made it from Scotland to New Mexico in the 1800s.
At first, I thought I had two different families. But, no! The ages lined up and the location was the same. Frank’s daughter Anna appeared in both censuses, and he had the same occupation. It was the same family. So, why were there two Franks?
Nikola Jokić, the Serbian superstar center who had just been named finals MVP, was nowhere to be found. The broadcast caught some of his teammates passing around his MVP trophy with confused looks, searching for him in the crowd.