What Mattered to Our Ancestors?
Last week, I shared strange inheritances we may receive. But, how do we discover what mattered to our ancestors? After all, they are long gone. We can’t go back in time and ask them. But there are a few ways … Continued
Strange Inheritances
I enjoy watching strange inheritances and there are some very interesting and unique inheritances that are left at times. These inheritances often provide a life long passion or obsession for the now deceased relative. This led me to think about … Continued
Investigating Strange Circumstances
I have a great-uncle who disappeared. Family tradition stated that he disappeared while selling Bibles home to home. This intrigued me and made me wonder what happened. So, I began digging deeper. So, how did I dig deeper? Checking the … Continued
Transcription mistakes on census records
When searching for census records, it is often difficult to find a family in the records. So, why is this? Especially when you know where they lived during that time. One reason may be transcription errors. I have found some … Continued
How genealogy helped me in life
I recently had a housing situation which arose, and I had to do some legwork to track down the information. In the more than two decades I’ve been doing genealogy, I’ve discovered where to seek and find a variety of … Continued
History of Summer Vacation
Question: What was the first school year, where, which country started the first school year? How did they come up with it? Please reply. Answer: I always believed that the summer vacation was created for rural students to work … Continued
Discovering Grave Locations
Last week, I shared about finding where infants in the family were buried. But, what about other family members? I have a set of great-great grandparents, whom I could not find their graves. Their obituary did not tell me where … Continued
History of Education in the US
Question: What are the differences and similarities between the educational systems before and now in the 21st Century? Please reply. Answer: I received the above question inquiring what schools used to be like and how they were both different … Continued
Searching missing infants burial places
My grandparents had several stillbirths before Daddy was born Papa used to talk about where they buried one of the infants before World War II. However, after he returned from the war, he could not remember where the child had … Continued
Genealogy Virtual Travel
One of the nice things about watching shows such as Who Do You Think You Are? Is that they are able to travel to the towns {and sometimes actual homes} where their ancestors lived. There is nothing like traveling to … Continued