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I am researching the Mollett family in the UK, I have quite a lot of info so far. I am a decended from Rizen Mollett who's brother Noah went to America in the 1700s.

Looking for any information on a Barney Gua born 15 Oct 1887 Moorhead,MN.

died 1 Feb 1959 buried Black Hills National Cemetery.

Parents were said to be Joseph and Mary Gua

Well, what was my greatest thing for the week in genealogy?  Number one was getting the phone tree results for people attending our Free upcoming Seminar.  

It actually was quite an affair due to, sluggish computers, lack of servers, downed systems and lost emails. No, Not Mine, but the actual people involved.  Yes, that is a first.  I may blog about it down the road.

My personal delight was linking to two more distant relatives and finding sources for five of my…

  Today is Thursday,  it has become a day of discovery.

  Grandson resting at home with concussion and moving slowly.

  The phone has rang and rang and the emails keep coming and going.

   Yah, Head way is being made. Discovered that there was an error in announcements system of our team.

    We have corrected it.  Now just to get the web page to log the attendees in with out a glich.

   Seminar Sept 7, 2013,  Free open to the…

What: Ask Me Anything on Reddit with D. Joshua Taylor

When: Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Noon EDT

Ask D. Joshua Taylor, lead genealogist for findmypast.com anything! He’ll be answering your questions about genealogy, his career as a professional genealogist and anything else that may be asked.

On Thursday, August…

   The day has been full of reunions and shared times.  An emotional get together for our Grandaughter's Church Event.

  I wish more faiths would adopt this type of thing at this age of the young peoples lives.  We are proud of you.

   Also was excited to see old school chums and friends from CVHS.  

   A program that supports, honesty, integrity, faith, prayer and the ability to ask for help when needed if needed, without chastisement.…

I work as a kind of Secretary in this Crown Office, but one with a difference.  Just as a clock (24hr) I never seem to stop working?  Strangely, apart from my late husband (Climber) this is the only man I don't mind working for.

No, he never did fall down a mountain; he tripped-up on the way up a Hill – he was too good a mountaineer to fall down?  Well that's how I described it?  I laughed every day I knew him, and I laughed on the day he died!

I like working for this person…

17th century records published today on Ancestry.co.uk reveal nearly 900,000 ‘quickie’ weddings and baptisms

• Records detail marriages from London’s Fleet Prison – the ‘Las Vegas’ marriage capital of its day
• Digitised collection reveals the last of England and Wales’ unregulated wedding…

I once gave a presentation on photo restoration to a local historical group.. I stood up and said,

“It’s 10 o’clock…. do you know where your photos are?” Everyone gave a chuckle because most were familiar with that old public service announcement that used to play right before the local news. But people also laughed because they thought about their own photos, sitting in shoe boxes, quietly fading into obscurity or sitting on their computer hard-drives with names such as DSC00456.jpg.…

I would like to find out it anyone can help me find my Great Grandfather on my dads side.  I have not been able to find anything.  The story that's been told to us is he came to America by ship with a brother.  They got separated somehow  so I would like to find out about him also.  My great grandfathers name is CHARLES ALBERT BERRY.  The last name could have been spelled different.  Its is said he is from England.  Hope I can get some help in this…

I am working on family tree---My grandpa Richard Moore, born in 1885, His mother was Eliza Moore (not for sure who the father was-told it was William Rose) and Eliza's mother was Nancy McClain and dad James Moore.  Any info you have on this, please let me know. Thanks!

I am doing research into my family Smart.  Originally from Roxburgh I have gone as far back as 1703 with John Smart ba 8 Aug 1703 .  wife Elizabeth Oliver ba 5 Oct 1701.Married in Crailing 12 May 1733. Anyone have more information going further back

Explore new records in Ancestry's updated New England collections.

A plug for Cousin (distant, Bill West) is worthy of mentioning here.  For those concerned about preserving data and sharing information one should read what Bill wrote 16 July 2013 at this site.

West in New England: BLOG AS BACKUP

Having been blogging for quite some time and…

There’s an old joke:

A Texan is talking with an Israeli and comparing the size of Texas to the size of Israel. He says, “when I get in my car, I can drive for hours and not get to the end of my ranch.” The Israeli says, “I had a car like that once too.”

Most of the people I know drive and take their driving for granted. Unless you live in a packed urban area where the cost of keeping a car outweighs the access it will provide, most people have a car, or two, or sometimes three. I…