Recently I took the Ancestry DNA test (read about my experience here), and it showed some surprising results. I originally wasn't going to take it for a few reasons, but I'm really glad I did. Now that I've had some time to go over my results, I'd like to share what I now know about …
I've wanted to do the Ancestry DNA test forever. I've been extensively researching my family for over five years, and I've hit a few brick walls. They're due to many different factors such as surname changes, lack of digitized records and language barriers. After months of frustration I figured, why not? Let's do the test. …
Genealogy is a tough hobby. You finally think you've nailed down a certain branch of your family and poof a mystery child appears. Where in the world did the mystery child come from? It's so frustrating. Sometimes secrets the dead keep are better left buried. For those secrets that are bursting to come out (see …
Recently I wrote a post about the amount of information an individual could receive off of an obituary. In addition to important dates of the deceased individual, you're also receiving names of locations, family names, hints as to their religion and a sense of who they were. While on the hunt to crack my own …
Recently I discovered a cool new feature on the Ancestry website. It was a way to pinpoint where your ancestors lived in the world using a digital map. This allows you to visually see where your family lived and how your family wound up where you currently live today. I'm not sure exactly how old …
Publishing Motherhood 