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Permalink Reply by Prussian MARTIN on
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My primary focus is tracing the origins of my direct paternal line of MARTIN. My 3rd great grandfather Charles MARTIN was born c1770 in Magdeburg, Prussia. He came to England via France (gentleman's servant) about 1795 and joined the British Navy. He was a man of colour and spoke several languages fluently. Y-DNA testing tells me my ancestry is Native American. I have no idea where in the Americas my roots lie. I suspect my ancestors were taken into slavery, assumed the surname of their master and were transported to Europe.
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Permalink Reply by Jeanette Martin on
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I live in Victoria, Australia. I emigrated to Australia from Wales in 1961 with my family and would really love to learn Welsh again as I lost it along the way.
I started my genealogy journey in 2001 and have learnt quite a lot about my family since then. I became interested in genetic genealogy about 5 yrs ago when some of my family members did an Ancestry DNA test. Luckily I had my mother, brother and mother-in-in-law to test. I have found an unknown great grandfather for my son-in-law, his half brother's father and in the process found a half aunt to both who popped up on Ancestry who only lived 15mins from me. Unfortunately, I am now addicted to genealogy and do not have much time for anything else hahaha.
I now manage and share 20 DNA kits as I help family, friends and others, some of whom are adopted or illegitimate. My current focus, which I have been working on for nearly 4yrs, is for a friend of mine J, who was adopted. J also has an adopted (no birth cert or adoption file as yet) 1C who popped up on Ancestry. To compound matters both of J's maternal grandfathers were illegitimate and her 1C hasn’t, as yet, found her bio mother’s name.
Hopefully, this course will extend my knowledge in genealogy and genetic genealogy techniques to go further in my quest to find all the missing links.
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Permalink Reply by Margi Stroh on
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Hi all my name is Margi and I live in Boise, Idaho but am also spending a lot of time in Houston and San Diego while undergoing treatment for two different cancers. Crazy but I am a fighter. I just started genealogy one year ago but I have fallen in love. I have managed to trace some of my lines all the way back to the 1500s. This has been very exciting and has inspired my daughter to go back to school to get a master's degree in history. We traveled to the New England states over the summer and spent time visiting the graves of the ancestors we just learned about. I am very excited to learn more!
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Permalink Reply by Ken Alexander on
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Hi, I've just joined GenealogyWise although I have been taking courses for a number of years. I live in Puslinch, Ontario next to a cemetery which I visit most days with my dog. I am focusing my research in Canada although I do have some early colonial connections in the States. I have a number of Nova Scotia connections which include the following surnames, MacGregor (3xGrt GF Gregor fought for British in American Revolution), McInnes, Robb (2xGrt GF Alexander started Robb Engineering Works in Amherst), Logan (4xGrt GF Hugh came to Amherst in 1700's), Fairbanks (4xGrt GF Rufus joined uncle in Halifax in 1780's), DeWolfe (6xGrt GF Nathan was part of the family the town of Wolfville was named after), Oxley (6xGrt GF George was a Yorkshire settler in River Philip) and Howard.
Would be interested in connecting with others with whom I share a family connection.
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