my genealogy life
Family stories are my buried treasure
Tracing ancestors in Canada, England, Scotland & Ireland
Sharing my love of digging through old documents, uncovering family stories, and sharing the real papers that bring our ancestors back to life.
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A DNA whirlwind of discoveries I am researching two very common names on my maternal side, McMahon and McNamara, the place, Clare, Ireland. After searching through wills, land records, civil war records, death, baptism, cemetery records, tombstones in Canada. I…
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Gedmatch – Quick Tip
Exploring our DNA matches is so much fun. A quick tip when looking at your one-to-many matches at Gedmatch change the selection to the X on the page and see who is matching you on your X Chromosome. The X…
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David Stewart in the 1880 US Census
It’s been a busy genealogy week this week. MyHeritage has made changes to the DNA and as a result, I have uncovered more cousins on my Jeffery and Norton lines. Returning the focus to my Stewart family and Amy Johnson Crow’s…
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-Micheal J. Fox-
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