Researching Irish ancestry is always a challenge! Why not move the search to the land of your ancestors and join me on a 15 day grand tour of Ireland in April 2016? Three days of research at the National Archives in Dublin and the Public Record Office in Belfast, plus a fully guided tour of many historical and interesting sites.  Sharing our research interests and "brick walls" with others is often one way of discovering more about our own family history. See the land, breathe the air ...…

Contact our society and go to Events and sign up. Please do this before 28 October so we will have food for you on the 7th you can pay after the 1st of October.  Chula Vista Genealogical Society

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If you know whom my cousin is please tell her I would love to communicate. I was off to Michigan and misplaced her data. We met at the Los Angeles Library a few years back. Susi Jones Pentico SusiCP@cox.net  San Diego, CA…

Starting to blog about family history -- looking into a story passed down about my maternal great-grandfather's parentage. We probably all have a story like this somewhere in the tree.

Henry's Story

Peter was born 1803 Cumberland Co. PA d 13 August Waterloo, Blackhawk Co. IA

Susanah (Susan) Martin Showalter Foulk  b 9 Dec 1805-6,  in Lancaster Co. PA, died 3 May 1886 Waterloo, Blackhawk Co. IA

He is the son of Peter Foulk Sr and Catherine Ohlinger ??who is the son of John Folk  died Berks Co. PA and Mary Magdeline Strock of Cumberland Co.…

For years and years our extended family line of Curtis has tried to get at the reason for a name change to Curtis from Pennington. Here is what we know. Hiram Pennington was born abt. 1825 and raised in the household of Joshua and Nancy Sparks Pennington. They were found early on in Lee County, Va before they moved to the part of Floyd County, Ky that would in 1844  become Johnson County. The first instance found of Hiram changing his name to Curtis was when his daughter Cynthia was born in…

Genealogy website RootsPoint announces the Fondo Colonial archive image collection for Hispanic Heritage Month

One-of-a-kind collection of 17^th-19^th century archival records available for free

HENDERSON, NV—(September 22, 2015)– Genealogy website RootsPoint.com, in collaboration with the Hispanic Heritage Project, announced today free access to the Fondo Colonial collection from the Archivo Históricos Municipal…

The TWISS family of SHROPSHIRE (ALICE AND ROBERT) had humble beginnings. They owned a small but prosperous farm. RICHARD TWISS (my 7th gt grandfather) youngest son B.1609 died 1682 was recruited as Land Agent for LORD CHERBURY, in Kerry, IRE. in 1656.  Richard Twiss father died c.1630 and left him fourteen pounds, but farm went to ADAM, his older brother. ALICE SPEAKE TWISS (Richard's mother) left him Ten pounds.   About 1633 Richard Twiss married SARA X. A son was born 1634 and baptised…

The Salt Of The Earth – about Sebastião Salgado

Last week I watched the documentary “The Salt of the Earth” about documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado. This is one of those films that I can’t stop thinking about, which is a good thing.

For those that aren’t familiar with Salgado’s work, he is a Brazilian photojournalist and social photographer that has traveled the world photographing indigenous cultures and the social effects of major geo-political actions on these…

I've asked this question on the French-Canadian list but it's really much broader than that one list. Do you know anything about the French surname HEBERT and its possible connection to Scotland. DNA tests I've taken show some significant French heritage connections: most of the closest surname y-DNA results are all men with the HEBERT surname. One of these men has told me of a significant number of MAXWELL surname ancestors. Those MAXWELLS are all Scottish as are the MAXWELLS in my own…

,My great grandfather William Noble married Anne Finnegan in 1902 and they had the following children William, Alice(my grandmother) Elizabeth ,Anne and Maggie and they lived in Sandhills Monaghan. When Willliam a protestant married Anne (Catholic) his mother and sisters left for America or Canada. I am interested in tracking this branch of my family.

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Looking for a Catherine O'Donnell b. abt 1818, Donegal, Ireland. She married Hugh Boyle abt 1838 in Donegal County, Ireland.  Hugh was a blacksmith b. abt 1814.

They had at least 2 sons:

James Boyle born abt 1846 , Donegal, Ireland He married Anna McHugh b. abt 1850 Sheskinaone, Donegal.

They married 2 Mar 1867 Kincatlagh, Donegal, Ireland.  They latter immigrated to Scotland.  Any help would be appreciated....Ina

Obtaining Hong Kong death certificates for anyone who died in the 19th. century is difficult, if not impossible.  However, all is not lost if the individual was a British soldier - or was the wife or child of a British soldier.  The answer lies in the Army…

WIKITREE REACHES 10 MILLION PROFILES

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3 June 2015: This week the WikiTree community reached…

I am trying to find sources for the wife of my fifth great grandfather, Robert Hunter of Giles County, Virginia. I have several names for her, but feel a mistake has been made with the name of Atkins. I feel her name is Mildred (Millie) Lewis, but cannot find any records for her birth, marriage or death. Thank you.

  Before the  drought and we had lawn.  I am told this is a Texas Umbrella Tree. It sheds flowers, seed pods and leaves depending on the season.  We have trimmed it back many times, our friends never got bigger than 8 feet in Spring Valley, CA. It obviously likes this clay ground.  Do you have a connection to trees?  It reminds me of all the relatives…

 ISAAC FLEETWOOD was born Abt. 1743 in Virginia, and died Abt. 03 Oct 1832 in Monroe County, Indiana.  He married SARAH RIDER Abt. 13 Feb 1790 in Loudoun County, Virginia.  She was born Abt. 1770.

Isaac is as far back as I can get on the Fleetwood side.

 James BOND Sex: Male Born: Abt. 05 Jan 1810 in Washington County, Maryland Died: 01 Oct 1885 in Hocking County, Ohio Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hocking County, Ohio Military service: Bet. 21 Oct 1861 - 30 Jun 1862…