Have You Seen My Roots?

Primary sources. Derived primary sources. Secondary sources. You should endeavor to verify the information with another source whenever...

Mary Rattigan was my Latin teacher at Hazleton High School. She was excited when she saw me in her class and told me "I knew your...

(This post was originally published on March 3, 2011 here.) As I said during my last Following Friday, there are a few blogs that I need...

Let's add a dash of confusion to researching family history...because it's always straight-forward, right? So Neil Brown Jr. married...

(This post was originally published on March 2, 2011 here.) "WILKES-BARRE (AP) - Mrs. Helen E. Bronsavage of West Hazleton fainted...

(This post was originally published on March 1, 2011 here.) Ronald Strean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Strean of Campbellsport was instantly...

(This post was originally published on February 28, 2011 here.) Michael Paul Brown is my 2nd cousin once removed. He was killed in Xom...

(This post was originally published on February 27, 2011 here.) "Conduct Rights for Lt. E. Cayemberg, Korean War Victim Special to...

(This post was originally published on February 25, 2011 here.) Sounds - Describe any sounds that take you back to your childhood. These...

(This post was originally posted on February 26, 2011 here.) With Saint Patrick's Day coming up (and me being 50% Irish), I've begun...

(This post was originally published on February 24, 2011 here. I don't believe Jenn is still blogging. She does so much amazing stuff...

I've written more than one post about my second cousin once removed, SP5 Michael P. Brown. I don't think I've ported any of them from my...

No, but if you just accept Ancestry's suggestion without reading everything you might believe that and you might not know which is...

Not just a Barrett but it includes a Barrett. John "Jack" Dudeck married June Barrett, the daughter of William and Eleanor Barrett nee...

My brain hurts. I was going along and working my genealogy and before I knew it I had to go back and delete people from my tree because...

My Ancestry.com tree allows me to mark someone as an adopted child to someone, so what do you do when you may have found that person's...

I said I was going down another rabbit hole and what I found hurt my heart. My 2nd cousin twice removed served in the Marine Corps during...

How many blog posts can I write about how long it's been since I wrote a blog post? Sadly it's been awhile and it will happen again...and...

(This post was originally published on January 28, 2011 here.) When I was in Junior High School I wanted to be an astronaut. The guidance...

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