United States
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World War I and II Assistance
Apr 5
Two of the greatest military conflicts during the 20th century were the ‘Great War’ - later known as World War I and then less than 20 years later the second great war, this one being World War II. No one can say they did not have a relative or ancestor involved somehow in either of those conflicts and in some cases served in both. Now it ...
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My First Find on the 1940 Census
Apr 3
It was 9 a.m. on Monday morning, April 2nd along the east coast and I started by searching on the newly released 1940 US Federal Census on Ancestry.com. The only locations with images available at that point in time on the first day were nine states (California, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia)....
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The Great Irish Move to America
Feb 27
If you have located any Irish ancestry in your lineage, you would want to locate when that branch left Ireland for the America. A reminder, many Irish immigrants went to other ports, not just New York City. Many went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or to New Orleans, Louisiana or even resettled in Canada, coming into the ports in Quebec or New Br...
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WDYTYA – Next Episode is Feb. 24th
Feb 16
No episode this Friday, February 17th, the next one is the following Friday, February 24th with the actor Blair Underwood on NBC at 8 pm Eastern Standard Time. There were many surprises in store for Underwood as he journeyed to his original roots in the continent of Africa and then to his southern roots in America. There is always something ne...
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Baby Names – Popular Ones Over the Ages
Jan 10
There will be several new babies born the first part of January - New Year Babies - and it is always interesting to see what a child will be named. We all have ancestors with some very unusual given names that make us stop to think --- what were their parents thinking? I have a set of great grandaunts in one family where the females all had rhym...
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A Potpourri of Genealogical Data
Dec 29
It is nice to come across an online site that has a large selection of sources and information for the family researcher. Since 2006 there has been such a site titled Genealogy Trails which has compiled genealogical information from numerous sources. What makes this so amazing is that the collection of transcribed names, families, dates, facts, t...
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Pandemics and Your Ancestors-Part 2 – 20th Century
Dec 14
By the early 1900s there was a sharp decline in diphtheria and influenza. With use of vaccination, smallpox was much less a threat. Areas were being cleaned up. The medicine sciences were learning the causes and treatments for some diseases. Yet, there would still be some major pandemics. In Hawaii and then San Francisco the citizens suffered a...
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Pandemics and Your Ancestors – Part I
Dec 12
When an epidemic of an infectious disease kills thousands of humans across vast regions it is referred to as a ‘pandemic’. It is far less common in the world in the 21st century, however throughout history in every location in the world our ancestors could find themselves in the midst of a pandemic. By understanding some of these regional and...
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History and Your Ancestors from Tennessee
Nov 14
An amazing online site titled; ‘Tennessee Virtual Archive’ has a superb series of collections which span the 19th and 20th century history, people, events and culture of Tennessee. This region dates back to the 18th century when it was part of North Carolina and even the short-lived State of Franklin which would ultimately become part of th...
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Panorama of Cincinnati in 1848
Nov 4
The mighty Ohio River flows alongside the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. This city which looks south into Kentucky was first settled in 1788 and formally became a city in 1819. With the advent of steam navigation on the Ohio River in 1811 and the building of the Miami and Erie Canal, the city witnessed a tremendous growth. It developed quickly, with...