The custom groups feature on Ancestry is very useful and can be used in a myriad of different ways, from… Read more Custom Groups on Ancestry
Category: Genealogy
DNA Helps Solve The Unsolvable
Genealogy has been my passion for more than 50 years, largely because I love solving mysteries and revealing the unknown. … Read more DNA Helps Solve The Unsolvable
The Meale Mystery – RESOLVED
A few months I posted details of the mystery of my great great grandfather, John Meale, and my hope that… Read more The Meale Mystery – RESOLVED
rootstech 2022
It is just 3 days until rootstech 2022, a completely free, virtual genealogy conference, sponsored by FamilySearch.org You can sign… Read more rootstech 2022
The Meale Mystery
The earliest record that I have found for my paternal Great Great Grandfather, John Meale, is his marriage to Elizabeth… Read more The Meale Mystery
More Family Stories
I have compiled four additional family stories, on my Sherlock family of Curryquin, Silvermines, Tipperary, Ireland & my Meale family… Read more More Family Stories
Family Stories
If there is a positive side to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is perhaps having more time to do what we… Read more Family Stories
My 2020 DNA Testing Christmas Wish List
The only DNA testing company that seems to fulfill any of my Christmas wishes is Ancestry, so rather than publish… Read more My 2020 DNA Testing Christmas Wish List
The Combined Power of DNA & Family Trees
My wife Marlene’s great great great grandfather, Thomas Spriggs (1790-1867) was born in the parish of Toot Baldon, Oxfordshire, England,… Read more The Combined Power of DNA & Family Trees
Be Careful What You Wish For
Back in July, I suggested that Ancestry should move to a subscription business model, rather than relying on the one-time… Read more Be Careful What You Wish For