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Genealogy: Find Your History is accepting new writers
Bruce Coulter
Nov 19, 2023
Unspooling the Code: DNA Surprises and Family Revelations
Unspooling the Code: DNA Surprises and Family Revelations
Part I: When DNA tests reveal roots you didn’t know were tangled
Jacqueline Jannotta
Nov 7
Confederate and Quaker Cousins
Confederate and Quaker Cousins
I am related to the Speaker of the House of the Confederacy
Sandra Culver-Evans
Oct 21
I Found an Amazing Discovery in My Family Tree
I Found an Amazing Discovery in My Family Tree
Ancestry plays a role in my health for the best
Bruce Coulter
Oct 10
I’m Related to Alan Jay Lerner as in Lerner & Loewe by Marriage!
I’m Related to Alan Jay Lerner as in Lerner & Loewe by Marriage!
Jessica L. Benjamin
Oct 6
DNA Doesn’t Lie: Discovering a Sperm Donor’s Identity in the Modern Age of Genealogy
DNA Doesn’t Lie: Discovering a Sperm Donor’s Identity in the Modern...
The ethical tensions between privacy and truth in family history
Jacqueline Jannotta
Sep 18
What Happens When A Little Family History Goes Missing?
What Happens When A Little Family History Goes Missing?
My great-granduncle fell off the face of the Earth
Bruce Coulter
Aug 25
💕The Ties That Bind 🚂
💕The Ties That Bind 🚂
From Rhode Island to the Wild West
Sandra Culver-Evans
Aug 20
The Renner Inheritance
The Renner Inheritance
It’s the end of May 1847
Callum
Aug 12
Did I descend from Rabbi Eliezer Treves?
Did I descend from Rabbi Eliezer Treves?
Jessica L. Benjamin
Aug 11
From Genealogy to Fiction, Part One
From Genealogy to Fiction, Part One
Transforming my family history into fictional drabbles
Jerry Dwyer
Jul 23
Between the Lines: The Narrow Trail
Between the Lines: The Narrow Trail
Finding Mabel, Finding Myself
Sandra Culver-Evans
Jul 18
Genealogy: Painting by Numbers
Genealogy: Painting by Numbers
The dive into my great grandmother’s life is a perfect example of what draws people into genealogy. It is the information surrounding the…
Sandra Culver-Evans
Jul 6
A Call to Service
A Call to Service
Was my grandmother a nurse during WWII? My aunts and uncles said one of their parents was at Pearl Harbor. Was that true? Which one, and…
Sandra Culver-Evans
Jun 10
Virtually Visiting our Family Veterans
Virtually Visiting our Family Veterans
250 Years of Military Service
Sandra Culver-Evans
May 27
Haunted by the Lives of Others
Haunted by the Lives of Others
When an unexpected search for roots becomes obsessive
Michelle Lawson
May 12
Finding Female Ancestors — Jean
Finding Female Ancestors — Jean
I next want to take a look into my Scottish ancestry as part of my Finding Female Ancestors series. My paternal grandfather was Scottish…
Callum
May 11
My Great, Great Grandfather, the Pauper
My Great, Great Grandfather, the Pauper
A Life or Existence
Keith Woodhouse
May 9
Cherokee Cred by Hook or Crook
Cherokee Cred by Hook or Crook
Finding Pocahontas — again.
Mike Howard
May 7
The Washington Colliery Explosion
The Washington Colliery Explosion
Shortly after midnight on 19th August 1851, the residents of Washington, Co. Durham are sound asleep in their beds. It was a still, quiet…
Callum
May 3
Tethered Hearts: The Story of Three Orphans
Tethered Hearts: The Story of Three Orphans
Connecting the dots
Sandra Culver-Evans
May 1
Am I Really Part Viking?
Am I Really Part Viking?
Or is it just bits of my DNA making me think I am?
Michael "Hank" Wilson
Apr 30
The Smell Of Burning Wood — My First Memory
The Smell Of Burning Wood — My First Memory
My earliest recollection is the smell of burning wood, not the stench of a forest fire, but the sweet smell of wood being cut in a wood…
Keith Woodhouse
Apr 20
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