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52 Ancestors: Prompt 10 – Changing My Thinking

When I first started my genealogy journey back in the mid to late 1990s I made a conscious effort at the time not to work on my maternal grandmother’s paternal line. My great grandpa had left the family. Why would I care who his ancestors were? But things changed in my thinking after my mom…

52 Ancestors: Prompt 9 – Conflicting Clues

In family history research it is common to come across conflicting information about an ancestor. This information can come from family members sharing stories or from the actual records we find. Here are some steps to take to resolve those conflicting pieces of information. These steps are especially for an ancestor that you’ve done as…

52 Ancestors: Prompt 8 – A Big Decision

(trigger warning for infant loss) I try not to share too personal of things on this blog, but instead of getting stuck in a circle of indecision on what to write about, I will write about the first story to come to mind. This is actually from my own family. It involves two individuals in…

52 Ancestors: Prompt 7 – What the Census Suggests

This prompt made me think of one of the projects I am doing for someone. On a census record one of their ancestors is noted as step son and notes a different surname to all the other records for this son. Subsequent generations use the family name this son’s father had, but if it wasn’t…

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Hi, I’m Colleen. I have been interested in history since at least high school and became interested in genealogy in 1996. I’m using this blog to share my discoveries both from my family history and general history. Follow me on Twitter.

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