genealogy

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Here's Something I've Often Wondered About

singout @singout (1008) • United States 21 Mar 25

I've never found a clear answer to this. Maybe someone can give me a clear answer. (Again set to rhyme) The Missing "Grand" Father/, Grandfather/, Great Grandfather/, Great,Great Grandfather/, and so-on down the...

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Genealogy - finding family

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 1 Mar 24

I have been working on my family tree since 1974. I've got well over 20,000 names, although not a few are actually in-law lines I got carried away with. I've been deleting them periodically. Yes, they are related in some way to...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 23 Jan 24

Day 5 - Genealogy Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day God (Elohiym) created man, He made him in the likeness of God (Elohiym). 2 He created them male and female, blessed them, and called them...

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Do You Do Genealogy? Have You Made a Family Tree?

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 17 Dec 23

I have a family tree on Ancestry dot com and now on My Heritage. I have been on Ancestry since 2009, but just started out on My Heritage. I have done my DNA on both sites, but I still have a big brick wall I have not been able to...

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I'm Related to Princess Diana??

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 15 Mar 23

That's news to me, but I got an email today from "Family Search" going back seven generations that seems to prove it. It agrees with the information in that manila envelope from my sister in 1999 that went back about five...

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More family discoveries on MY maiden name

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 14 Dec 22

I learned something today about my great granduncle, Charles Mansfield Wilkins, I didn't know before. First I'll explain that the family descending from my 2nd great grandfather lost contact with one another and didn't know...

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Just found an interesting tidbit on my mother's actual Postell family

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 8 Dec 22

My 2nd great granduncle's brother-in-law stabbed someone to death. The guy was feuding with my 2nd great granduncle, but the brother-in-law decided to take care of it. It wasn't even his fight. He took to the courts to argue that...

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Genealogy Intrigue: A murder mystery (unsolved in this story)

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 7 Dec 22

And now for some genealogical intrigue. The man featured in the article shares the same last name as my mother's maiden name. But his Postels were from Bavaria and Mom's are from Weaverthorpe in Yorkshire, England (to this day)....

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Family Stories

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 23 Sep 21

I have always been told that on my mother's side of the family that we have Native American blood and also descendants of a famous American. And I was told by my mother that my paternal grandmother was full blood Native...

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Ever since

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 30 Aug 21

I was in the hospital in the later part of 1985 when I got out I was bored and the following I was able to start doing some activities. Therefore I started to do something that was easy and not much cost...

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Yay!

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 10 Jun 20

Yesterday morning around 5:00 I seen that I had got a notification from Ancestry.com informing me that my DNA test results were done and posted to my DNA website. I was so happy! and I went to my computer and turned...

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6 Generations Of Bergstrom

Chris Bergstrom @chrissbergstrom (10767) • Banks, Oregon 21 Jul 19

My Paternal Bergstrom Family Line - Olaus Bergstrom, William Fabian Bergstrom, George David Bergstrom, George David Thomas Bergstrom, Timothy Scott Bergstrom, and Christopher Scott Bergstrom Now William Fabian Bergstrom may or...

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Favorite subject

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 18 Feb 19

In school my favorite subject was history, followed by english. I guess that's why I enjoy doing genealogical research among other types of research. As well I write about my findings. In 2005 I had published a...

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Hi, I think we may be related....

Chris Bergstrom @chrissbergstrom (10767) • Banks, Oregon 14 Dec 18

On April 4th, 2018 i received a message on Facebook it was from a lady i did not know, i do alot of Genealogy and often am contacted by family members so i usually do read messages from people i don't know.... Well this lady...

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I came back home just in time: it is raining now.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 1 Nov 18

I had a wonderful time with my aunt. She had a book about the genealogy of my grandmother from my father´s side. It was very interesting and there were a couple of priests who wrote poems and letters to their mother, my great...

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a pleasant addiction

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 22 Aug 18

Hi, my name is Elizalicious, and I'm a Family Tree Freak. Have you ever traced your heritage and origins? I pop in and out of genealogy research as the mood takes me. I might spend months without looking and then suddenly I'll be...

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Genealogy: Favorite Resources

skydancer @skydancer (2101) • United States 29 May 18

I have been researching my genealogy off and on since early 2003. Over time, I have made use of different resources to aid me in my research. Here are some of my favorites. 1. Ancestry.Com Everyone probably knows this one,...

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Be nice, he could be your cousin!

momalisa65 @momalisa65 (1971) • United States 21 May 18

After doing DNA tests through Ancestry and 23 and Me, and also uploading my results to My Heritage, I can see that I have thousands and thousands of distant cousins from all over the world! It makes me think, when 2 strangers...

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Genealogy

Lynn Fowler @lynnief (1203) • Australia 26 Mar 18

Have you ever tried to do the genealogy for your family? How far back were you able to trace? I started doing ours a few years ago. I was able to go back 5 generations on my father's side, but got absolutely nowhere on my...

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taking our country black

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 8 Feb 18

He said that, on a Facebook status update thingy, my {mixed-race} brother-in-law. It did rather make me giggle. Cheddar Man is the oldest man in the UK. Or just in England? I know not. Anywhichway, at the tender age of 10,000...

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