Category: Family Tree
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The Uncharted Territory of DNA Surprises
Guess what happened to me this week? Well, it may not be too hard to guess after reading the title… I sponsored a test for a 2nd cousin 1 removed with the testees nephew (who was as excited as I was) organizing everything. Two days ago my email dinged with Ancestry alerting me that the results…
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Don’t Miss Out on an Event in Your Family Tree by Using This Neat Trick
Do you want to know if today was the day your grandparents were married or a cousin’s birthday? If you have an iPhone and one of the genealogy apps you can do a few quick things to see what was happening on this day in your family tree. (I am guessing this can also be done…
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A Family Court Dispute Found in Google Books
Covering all your bases when doing a search for your family should also include a great resource that Google has called Google Books. How to find this treasure trove of information is by using the Google search bar and either typing in ‘Books’ or on the Google toolbar is a More button which creates a drop-down…
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Gems in Homestead Files
The mail arrived yesterday and with it a package for me, I had ordered homestead records from Manitoba. The homestead files were for my husband’s great grandfather’s first wife’s two brothers Wilhelm and Leopold Ziebart. Edward Greber was married to Leokadia Ziebart in Russia and they immigrated to the United States and later to Canada with…
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Mainly Canadian Birthplace Chart
I have caught the birthplace pedigree bug. My chart shows my Canadian roots and the origins of Ireland, England and Scotland of my ancestors. It was a fun and easy to create and I showed it to my family this morning at brunch this morning. The chart was downloaded from Marian Pierre-Louis’ post Birthplace…
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