Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...

I've mentioned previously my research into the children of Ben Cruvant (my great grandmother's brother) and his first wife, Goldie. ...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...

We wouldn't be who we are today without the loving mothers in our lives - past and present. Here are the eight female ancestors (besid...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...

Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch, Oct 27, 1957 Other sources indicate the individual demonstrating Thermowear was a Marvin Newmark fro...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...

I’ve been researching and blogging about genealogy since April of 2007. Ten years. Below are ten of my most significant research discoveries...

My DNA - Ancestry.com (as of April 2017) • 67% European Jewish • 11% Western Europe • 3% Ireland • 2% Italy/Greece • 2% Eastern Europe...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...

FamilyTreeDNA updated their DNA ethnicity guesses. (Yes, guesses, the science behind them is nowhere near exact) My current breakdown i...

My Great-Grandfather, Barney, celebrated his birthday on March 17th, and claimed to have been born in Dublin, Ireland. It's significantl...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...

In May of 2002, I began blogging on a myriad of topics, sometimes political, sometimes religious, rarely genealogical. In March of 2007, I...

Reposted and updated from 2009  The  first week of March  is  Celebrate your Name Week Celebrate Your Name Week is a holiday created in ...

Ancestry’s We’re Related app has now told me about 100 possible relatives. This is a good place to discuss some statistics. Occupations (...

Most genealogy databases have a category field for Occupation, which can be entered similar to an Event with a date and place. And if someon...

To A Lady by Victor Hugo, From Les Feuilles D'Automne Child, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule, My chariot, sceptre, va...

Apparently, Ancestry's We're Related app places Richard Nixon in the "Politicians" category and not the "U.S. Presid...

"A Nation of Immigrants" implies all our ancestors were immigrants. Some were Native Americans, some slaves, and some indent...