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Postcard of Birmingham England Street Scene in about 1900

Splitting Up Was Easier In The Early 1900’s

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

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

Assumptions In Research Are Tricky

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

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

Another Case of Family Lore Changing Details The Death of Samuel Ratcliffe

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

It’s been years since I did any serious research on the Ratcliffe family of Cheshire and Lancashire, England. Recently, due

Mohill

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A New DNA Match Helps Connect Stanford Families

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

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

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Updated:Genealogy Research Helps Solve a Civil War Mystery

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

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

Ancestry Tree

Warning – Ancestry Trees Are Not Always Fact

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

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