Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Of Fishing Lines, Cousin Bait, Siren Calls and . . . and . . . Blogiversaries!

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Seven years ago today was Mother's Day. And, doing what one does on Mother's Day, on May 8, 2011 , I thought about mothers. Thought...
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Monday, May 7, 2018

Introducing a Face With No Name

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One would have thought that three lines of writing on the back of a photograph would have at least included one vital detail: the name of ...
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Sunday, May 6, 2018

Counting the DNA Aftermath

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It's been a wild week, watching the news unfold with terms that we thought only genetic genealogists would use in everyday conversatio...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

Now Indexing...Whoops, Almost Wasn't

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After spending a week or so, wrestling with error messages while attempting to work on my family tree at Ancestry.com, I guess it was no su...
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Friday, May 4, 2018

Still the Same, No Matter the Place

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People find the oddest things to note on the back of photographs. Perhaps that is only because they view such an activity in the context of...
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Thursday, May 3, 2018

No Hints from Heidelberg

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If we can't figure out French handwriting , how about trying German? I'm still determined to find a way to send home the hundred ...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

When Spelling Becomes
the Villain in the Story

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If someone in Montreal spelled his surname Hallée, how would people pronounce his name, once he moved to California? Would the resultant mi...
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