As my mother aged and started thinking about retiring and downsizing and all that, she began to make lists of the family items she and my father had been given over the years from their families. Some things had come …
Having figured out how to get my RootsMagic program to generate lists of different things, I now know what life events (birth, marriage, death) occurred in my families on Valentine’s Day (February 14). Even before running this list I remembered …
A Family Event on February 14, Valentine’s Day – 52 Ancestors # 7 Read more »
Although I would not have said that Ruhama is my favorite ancestral name, it turns out that I use it for various pseudonyms and handles and have done so for a long time. So I guess it is my favorite! …
My Favorite Ancestral Name is Ruhama – 52 Ancestors #6 Read more »
In thinking about how I use the various population censuses available, I am aware that I tend to collect census information early in my exploration of an ancestor but I also go back and look at them when I get …
There are lots of possible criteria for choosing which ancestor I’d like to have dinner with – my first thought was my brick wall great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Hockman. However, I’ve written several times about the obstacles I run into …