The Confusing Origins of Thomas Burnham – A RePost
Note:Â I was recently going over some of my Burnham research when I realized that the post below was linked
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My Genealogy Research
My research, genealogy tips and anecdotes
Edward Stanford – From Soldier to Criminal
I was cleaning up some old genealogy folders on my pc and came across an article (below) that I had
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Genetic Tie To Celtic Dobunni Tribe
I used to say that although I’m technically half English / Half Irish, I’m 99% Celtic. I based this on
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Splitting Up Was Easier In The Early 1900’s
In my years of research, I have found multiple couples who show up in census reports as widowed when they
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Assumptions In Research Are Tricky
While working on one of my Richardson family in Lincolnshire, England, I came across an Ancestry Tree that had a
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Interesting Story About the Portland CT Quarries
Members of my Ratcliffe family from Cheshire, England traveled to the US in the 1880s and worked at the Portland
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Gettysburg’s Lost Love Story: The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt Release Date
As some of you will recall, I did some research for Historian Jeff Harding awhile ago that resulted in some
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New Answers to Old Questions on Bannon Family
There have been other times in my years of genealogy research when re-visiting the records for a family turn up
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Another Case of Family Lore Changing Details The Death of Samuel Ratcliffe
It’s been years since I did any serious research on the Ratcliffe family of Cheshire and Lancashire, England. Recently, due
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The Sad Circumstances of Morgan Bevan’s Family
I recently was working on a DNA match match for my Morgan family. Elizabeth Morgan born 1815, the daughter of
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The Keen Family of Broughton Gifford – Good Old Research and a DNA Mystery
I had done some preliminary research on my the family of my Great Great Grandmother, Dora Keen Wardell, a while
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