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Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash I haven’t blogged in a while. For two years, I put this blog on private as I’d no longer had the willpower to push out blog posts the way that I did six years ago. I write a little more about this in my blog post Why Do You Do… ?  Recently, I have revamped my blog. I have unpublished posts that didn’t reflect who I was then or who I am now, or those that felt too personal to share ‘out there’. I also removed posts I wrote  just for the sake of posting content and main taining an audience,   even when  inauthentic to me. It means more to me that others feel the value and quality of what I share rather than the quantity. I am not sure how often I will post, all I know is when the inspiration and curiosity strike, that’s when it will occur. My intention for this blog is to lead with more spontaneity than usual, structured content, along with transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability to whatever degree feels right. My inte...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun--Ellen's Questions- Part IV

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1)  Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted 20 questions on her  Hound on the Hunt  blog two weeks ago - see  Even More Questions About Your Ancestors and Maybe A Few About You   (posted 27 June).  2)  We will do these five at a time -  Questions 16 to 20 tonight  (we did 1 through 5 three weeks ago and questions 6 through 10 two weeks ago, and 11 through 15 last week.) 3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. If you’re into DNA which would you say you work on more? Genealogy or DNA? Or about the same? Some days more, some days less. I review my DNA matches, and make note of our relationship. Some don't h...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun-- Ellen's Questions- Part III

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1)  Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted 20 questions on her  Hound on the Hunt  blog two weeks ago - see  Even More Questions About Your Ancestors and Maybe A Few About You   (posted 27 June).  2)  We will do these five at a time -  Questions 11 to 15 tonight  (we did 1 through 5 two weeks ago and questions 6 through 10 last week) 3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. 11)   If money wasn’t an issue; where would you go to do genealogy research?   I would go to a number of libraries and archives that I wouldn't be able to list  here because there is so many. Here are a few of them. Visit The National Archives in Washingto...

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks-Week 26: Reunion

This week's theme for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Reunion . I immediately thought about my dad meeting his relatives, on his father's side for the first time. I'll give you the backstory. Back in early 2016, my sister was messaging back and both with our father's 1st cousin. Our father's 1st cousin didn't know that our grandfather, Fletcher Pearson, one of her uncles, had a son. My cousin and my father exchanged phone numbers at some point in time and started to talk. I not sure how long how often they talked from Mar. 2016-Oct 2017.  Eventually, they went to each other. My father went to Michigan to just visit his friends, 2 months after was at his mother's funeral. He went to Macomb County, Michigan to see them. From his account, he said he was nervous, and when he walked through the door they said, "You look like Uncle George". Many people came to see him. The family showed him pictures and gave him a couple of them to keep. Th...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun-- Ellen's Questions- Part II

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! 1)  Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted 20 questions on her blog this week - see  Even More Questions About Your Ancestors and Maybe A Few About You  (posted 27 June).  2)  We will do these five at a time -  Questions 6 to 10 tonight  (we did 1 through 5 last week) 3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. 6)   How many DNA companies have you tested with or transferred to? Have you tested at all the 5 major companies?  I have tested with AncestryDNA. I have not transferred my DNA. 7)  Do you have an ancestor that had a successful business? Is it still in business?   So far, I haven't found an ancestor with a business. 8)  How long ago was your last “genealogy/DNA happy dance?” I can't really recall my ...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun-- Ellen's Questions - Part I

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! 1)  Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted 20 questions on her blog this week - see  Even More Questions About Your Ancestors and Maybe A Few About You  (posted 27 June).  2)  We will do these five at a time - Questions 1 to 5 tonight. 3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. 1.  Which ancestor had the most children? It can be a couple or a single person. My great-grandfather, George  P earson (1 892 - had 9 children with Gursie Gable my great-grandmother. (1 89 6 -19 63 2.  How many years have you been working on your genealogy/family history? I started in Oct-Dec 2016, so I'm haven't been doing genealogy for a long time.  3.  Do you collaborate with other genealogists on your family history? No. 4.  Have you hi...

Google Books for Genealogy

If you are looking for free online historical books to use, Google Books is the way to go. What is Google Books? Google Books is generally a digital archive of books, newspapers,  encyclopedias, etc.  You can even view most of them for free. Using Google Books Go to  https://books.google.com/ You can search for a specific family history book, an ancestor, a locality, or a particular place.  In the example below, I searched my 3rd great-grandfather with the location he lived in most of his life. Use quotations around names or variations of them.    I see a few results of my ancestor. In the second result, it says a "Snippet view", which means only a tiny section of the book will be shown highlighted with the keywords you have used to find it. The 1st result it says "Preview" so, the book is available to read.  Some pages of some books might not be in the preview. When some books aren't available to view you can use Worl...

My Eight Surnames

After reading Lisa Gorrell's post about her surnames , I decided I wanted to try it out too. My Surnames: Pearson Gable Harlan McDaniel Armstead Barton Rogers Rogers The 2 Rogers surnames my maternal great-grandmother, Lela Rogers married Earnest Rogers. They are not cousins from what I know of. (c) Copyright Lacie Madison 2019 All Rights Reserved.