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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

AncestryDNA Ethnicity Results

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DNA Ethnicity results aren't an exact science, and in some respects, are mostly for entertainment purposes. A large number of genealogis...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Labor Day Weekend 2019

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As you light up your barbecues this weekend and enjoy your day off from work Monday (those who have the day off) - take some part of the day...
Friday, August 9, 2019

Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center databases

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I received my copy of the Missouri Historical Society’s Genealogy and House History monthly eNewsletter yesterday. They too mentioned th...
Friday, August 2, 2019

Cousin to Boris Johnson - Oy Vey!

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American Ancestors – the website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) – has released a press release on “ The American ...
Friday, July 26, 2019

The Value of a Library Card - St. Louis

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Post updated from 2015 I conduct a lot of genealogy research from the comfort of my home computer. One of the key resources I use is my St...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Amanuensis Monday: Simon Cruvant breaks his leg - 1889

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Amanuensis Monday: Play Ball! - Junior Baseball League 1914

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

Amanuensis Monday: The Education of Herman Feinstein

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

D-Day Plus 75 Years

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Today marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day The closest relative I have found involved in the D-Day invasion was Arnold Burton Kruvant, ...
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

National Genealogical Society Conference 2019

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Four years ago, the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference was in St. Charles, MO, 15-20 minutes from me. So I attended, a...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Tombstone Tuesday: John Davenport Sr. 1784-1851

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John Devenport and his wife Delilah Abernathy Devenport are my wife's fifth great grandparents. This tombstone is filled with inf...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Amanuensis Monday: Melvin Van Every and Cotton in the El Paso Valley - 1917

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Twelve Years of Genealogy Research

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I've been blogging about something since  May 2002 . In March of 2007 I wrote about my great grandfather Barney and his claim he was ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Partnership between St. Louis County Library and Newspapers.com

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According to the April edition of PastPorts  (the St. Louis County Library's History and Genealogy Newsletter) St. Louis County Librar...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Happy Hanuka!

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Hanuka isn’t going to be celebrated for a couple weeks. It begins on the evening of December 2nd, this year. However, tomorrow is the day Ha...
Monday, November 5, 2018

Amanuensis Monday: A Protest Against Agitation Against Japanese Farmers - 1919

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Ahoy Vey! -- Jewish Pirates

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Repost with slight changes Today is  International Talk Like a Pirate Day . As well as the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. What would be a...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Labor Day Weekend 2018

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As you light up your barbecues this weekend and enjoy your day off from work Monday (those who have the day off) - take some part of the day...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Amanuensis Monday: Obituary for Everett Van Every - 1924

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Friday, August 3, 2018

Poetry Friday - 1492 - Emma Lazarus

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1492 Emma Lazarus, (1849 - 1887) Thou two-faced year, Mother of Change and Fate, Didst weep when Spain cast forth with flaming sword, T...