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My Genealogy Research

My research, genealogy tips and anecdotes

Postcard of Birmingham England Street Scene in about 1900

JustMaryp November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 0 Comments genealogy

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

Moses and Fanny Richardson Baptisms

Lincolnshire Research Tips Richardson

JustMaryp September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 0 Comments Assumptions, Baptisms, newspapers

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

Samuel Ratcliffe Death

Ratcliffe Research Tips

JustMaryp July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 0 Comments England, Family Lore, Lancashire

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

Mohill

Research Tips Rundle

JustMaryp October 1, 2020October 2, 2020 0 Comments Connecticut, DNA, Leitrim, Mohill, New Haven

A New DNA Match Helps Connect Stanford Families

When I put together my first genealogy book back in 2013 I ran in to the challenge of deciding how

Research Research Tips

JustMaryp July 4, 2020October 8, 2020 Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War, General John Fulton Reynolds

Updated:Genealogy Research Helps Solve a Civil War Mystery

Updated to add link to the article online: History.net: The Lost Story of Kate the Secret Love of Gettysburg First

Ancestry Tree

JustMaryp January 7, 2020October 2, 2020 Ancestry, DNA, Family Tree

Warning – Ancestry Trees Are Not Always Fact

Below is what I posted on Facebook today after getting another reply from someone with an obviously flawed tree on

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