I leave town early tomorrow morning so I am posting this a little earlier than I normally would. July 1st is Canadian Independence Day...

Music? I don’t listen to music at work. In the past I’ve done five random books. But this seemed to be appropriate due to my latest obs...

There’s an article in this month’s issue of Smithsonian talking about how ‘genealogy is bunk’. Some bloggers have already talked about it, ...

I never knew Mandell, my great-uncle, the youngest son of Barney . He fought in WWII, just like his older two brothers. However, he didn...

Here is the direct lineage of Catherine the Great to Henry David Thoreau — according to OneWorldTree I don’t see any issues with it - d...

As I noted a couple months ago I’ve been doing some genealogical research . It’s been fun. Beyond discovering I’m maybe, perhaps, poss...

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I think I'm descended from Chaucer. I was asked if I’ve verified this, and I admitted, I’m not sure...

Lucille Ball is listed as the grandmother of her husband, Desi. When you look at the details, it inserts someone inbetween them, and ...

A friend of mine got me interested in researching my genealogy online. My family has actually already been pretty good about this, asking e...

Well…having exhausted research on one branch of my family tree (my father’s), I went to my mother’s. Her family, especially the ones tha...

In a couple days I’ll be in Dogtown, wearing the green, to honor my great-grandfather, who was born on March 17th. (The below is from a 192...

My mother’s father would have been 100 years old today. On February 28, 1907, my grandfather was born in a small town in Romania/Transyl...

May the great Name of God be exalted and sanctified, throughout the world, which he has created according to his will. May his Kingship be e...