I Am Into Genealogy

In April 1978 the TV airwaves were being dominated by the Mini-Series, 6-12 hour movies shown over 3-6 nights and as usual I bought the latest copy of TV Guide and as I was reading it focused on the latest to be shown, a mini-series...

   I got into genealogy via a "back door" when some records from childhood "clan picnics" came into my possession.Over a couple decades, I've collected more family histories, from all sides of both my family and my wife's family.  My...

For the past two weeks I've been digging into my family history.  Its profound the number of records I've found.  There are numerous slave schedules, marriage certificates, death records, deeds, newspaper articles that link the...

thats how i found out that many of my ancestors were pastors.and that i have jewish ancestory.my ancestors fought on both siddes of the civil war.it is amazing what you will find out.

I really want to know where I come from and learn as much as I can about my family history.. but it is one mystery after another. 
I never knew my father, I have one picture that has him in it before I was born. One day I can...

My family have about 14 generations of ancestry in America, and I've been trying trace them and put them all in some sort of order. Man, what a job...

My father was adopted so I hardly know anything about my father's heritage. It really bothers me not knowing where I came from, my dad doesn't seem to care. I know what his real parents names are and I know his real father was a very...

My mother is a genealogist. Over the years I have acquired many skills to help her in her research. I can carry heavy ledgers and old records. I can contentedly wander around old graveyards and the most important one, I can amuse myself...

In 1998, my wife and I went to Ireland to visit my great-grandfather Lawrence Cummings hometown of Tipperary. It was a great trip. Then we came back to England, and then I would out the Cummings were Scottish before their arrival in...

   If you are into genealogy, allow me to recommend a brand-new book, titled "Hey, America, your roots are showing," written by Megan Smolenyak2, published February 2012 by Citadel Press.    This is neither a typical genealogy-how...

most of my ancestors come from Holland.  Going back further they come from Germany and France as well.  And who knows from where else.  On my mother's mother side I go back to 1538

I love putting stories to all the names and numbers.
My immigrant ancestor, and 8th great-grandfather, was the Congregational minister in a New England colony from 1644 until he died in 1695. It was a puritan society. There are stories...

Problem was I found out where he was buried and visited his grave site.  I got his military record and death certificate and learned more about him that I ever knew before.  I was supposed to have visitied him when I was...

Ever since I can remember, I've been interested in genealogy. 
As part of a collaborative effort, we discovered that my maternal ancestors came to Canada from France in the 1600s.  They settled in Quebec for several...

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
 
 

Author: William Harden @ p. 694
THE LA ROCHE FAMILY HISTORY. In the year 1733 two brothers landed in America from the shores of England. Their names were John La Roche...

My interest in the history and my family history in particular gave me the main determination to procreate, as it showed me as the ring in the chain of life and one does not want to be the last!It was not easy to attract a mate, due to...

Okay, a few days ago, I randomly got inspired to get into genealogy because I wanted to know where I come from. Of course, I'd been wondering where I came from even when I was little. This is how the conversation follows when I ask...

I have done some research into my mother's family history.
It is fascinating what you can learn about your family online and from local county records.
I was able to trace my mother's side of the family back to the mid 1700's, obtaining...