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  Genealogy and It's Evolving Door

  Yes, it is  ever evolving, to new and different dimensions.  I started when young helping my Mother Dorothy Inez Hoffman Jones, bless her soul.  We  talked to many relatives in Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada and California.  She had talked to people from: Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and maybe even from one or two from…

I have started with my family tree and I am looking for any information about the following surnames:

Rundle (Paternal Grandfather Richard Henry)

Barlow (Paternal Grandmother Caroline Barbara)

Hurter (Maternal Grandfather  Frederik Stefanus)

Woest (Maternal Grandmother Gertina)

and

Metelerkamp (Father in Law Ivan James)

If anybody has any information about any of the above surnames please let me know.

Thank…

My DNA (E-V13) is from the Balkans and shows in Wales.  Roman auxillaries recruited in the Balkans were sent to Wales in the first century AD.  My paper trail leads to Lincolnshire, England. 

Is there any way to bridge the gap from Wales first century to England 1400s? 

Saturday 7^th May 2011 saw the start of a two day exhibition organised by the East Yorkshire Family History Society to commemorate Kingston Upon Hull's worst night of the 1941 blitz. The exhibition was held at Carnegie Heritage Centre and with the help of volunteer groups such as the Heroes of Hull Web Site. The exhibition itself was an overwhelming success with the…

  Genealogy Conferences  Duel Positions

 I read Janet H. comments recently and it was a very interesting and brought to mind lots of thoughts.

 So I waited a few days until I could get them put in smoothly in my mind.

 That does not happen often. I learned when young my brain is wired different than many and so my thoughts are many times to fast for the proper exposure to society. 

 Janet, first I look forward to seeing you each time you are at…

Just a few images of the images I have taken of the General Cemetery in Sheffield, Yorkshire and also the church yard at All Saints in Newton Heath,Manchester, Lancashire.

With about 700 images, and  over 1000 names still to upload, I am now looking at an alternative location as my Flckr account is about to reach its full extent. Ii is my hope that a new web page will…

This is the second year that Texas Monthly has hosted a short film contest during the annual Austin Film Festival. The contest provides a platform for Texans to share their Texas pride by making a film 10 minutes or less about Texas, your experiences in Texas or other insights into our amazing state. You do not have to be from Texas in order to enter, and you do not have to film this in Texas but it must be about Texas. Pretty simple right?

The deadline for submission is June 1st,…

There's a lot of buzz around the various genealogy sites and societies about the 2011 census. You will remember in 2006 the Government in it's infinite wisdom decided to give people the option of "opting out" of having their census records released in 92 years. A truly nightmarish thought for any…

In my quest to upload as many images of headstones as I can shake a stick at uploaded are another 11 headstones featuring 23 names from 4 counties.

Featuring the names Huyton, Dawson, Brown, Archer, Almond, Pickworth, Swift, Baily, Bailey, Garbutt, Knowlson and Thompson. From Ampleforth, Chorley and Kingston Upon Hull, featuring three counties; East Yorkshire, North…

  I just came off the Facebook page that is assisting people to inter link with the lost threads of their lives or their deceased familes lives. They are finding and sharing: scraps of photos, crochet work, quilting, photo albums, wedding pictures, Graduation shots, family scenes, picnic and fun events. 

 Since a quilt shop was destroyed and she held many quilts on display, I noticed in the talks that some were aware that there was a Quilt Shop damaged. Others just found them and had…

Late last year I started a family genealogy tree on Geni.com and blogged about what exactly Geni is.

Recently my parents were in town visiting and my dad and I sat down for a couple of hours at Geni.com, armed with an old genealogical tree that I had roughly put together about 20 years ago. My intention was to get the remaining tree fleshed out…

For anyone who is interested, on May 21st, the Eiteljor g  Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana is sponsoring a full day of activities and speakers about Native American history,…

Genealogy has been a huge part of my life. I have a passion for my own research and a passion for teaching others how to search for their genealogical treasures. I have friends who have been able to break down their brick walls thanks to my counseling and thanks to my education in genealogy I have been able to break down the most stubborn brick walls in my own family tree.

A new opportunity has opened for me to not only expand on my own genealogical education, but also for me…

These recent images capture the essence of a thriving City centre in Victorian Britain. Each one represents the life and livelihood of our past ancestors and the City’s history from William Gill the shoe maker who operated at 34 Bishop Lane to the now infamous Brown family of High Street. Slave abolitionist William Wilberforce walked these cobbled streets to and from…

I have hit a brick wall and need some help! My great-grandmother, Teodora Chavez, was born in Solomonville in 1881. This is prior to birth records being priority. I have found on her children birth records that her parents were German Chavez & Maria Nieto..both supposedly of Solomonville. I have traveled there and met with parrish priest who advised me the town was actually called Pueblo Viejo at that time and that the land was Apache & immigrants from Dona Ana, NM. I have search all…