Break’s Over: Back to Genealogy
During my freshman year at college, now half-a-lifetime ago, my dad received a family tree from his uncle and passed it along to me. I was fascinated and asked if there […]
Tagg Triangulation II: Unrelated Spouses Could be Family Too!
I’ve been searching for William Tagg for years now. I don’t know his date of birth or his parents. I’m not entirely positive where he was born. It could be […]
Related Twice: mtDNA and Chromosomal Mismatch
I received a 23andMe message a few days ago notifying me that my maternal haplogroup was a match for another member. Considering I have a handful of matrilineally-linked cousins already on […]
A Complete Family Branch Can Still Excite
My great-grandmother was born Edythe Peck. She was a proud member of the Peck family from Flushing, New York. Let me emphasize proud. The Pecks came to this country in […]
Blue vs Grey: Christian and Peter Meid at the Battle of Chickamauga
Until recently, two men with the same name were derailing my research. The name Peter Meid (Mead) was a problem. I was unable to discern which immigration record went with […]
Telling the Story… Research Can Get in the Way.
Every so often, I take an inventory of my genealogical research. I look over my data, combing over hundreds of documents, newspaper articles and correspondence with near and distant relatives. […]
Genetic Genealogy, Part III: “American Indian Eliza”
For decades, members of my father’s family have insisted we have Native American roots. Years ago, before my grandmother passed away, she mentioned our connection to a “Long Island Indian […]
Genetic Genealogy, Part II: A Roman Soldier Invades Britain? And More…
23andMe has processed my genetic information and revealed my ancient past. After fifteen years of research, I’m now able to reach farther back than our modern ethnic divisions and racial […]
19th Century Pepto-Bismol – John Chichester’s Dyspepsia Specific
In the years prior to the U.S. Civil War, my fourth great-grandpa, John Chichester Sr., was a city gauger in New York City. His responsibilities were that of an inspector. […]
Haplogroups! Genetic Genealogy, Part I
Today, I finally ordered a genetic testing kit. It has been a long time coming but I pulled the trigger after many distant cousins, and one first cousin, took the […]
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