I am trying to find the father of William Munford Stubbs, my second great-grandfather who was born to Ann Munford in Hethel, Norfolk, England in 1858. I am using DNA and traditional genealogy research to aid my quest. Over the last fe ...
Understanding New York Jurisdictions
An important term to understand when engaging in genealogical research is "jurisdiction." In general terms, jurisdiction refers to authority over a particular area or group of people. For example, the federal government has jurisdiction over the Un ...
Honoring My Pioneer Ancestors
On July 24 we celebrate Pioneer Day in Utah. It's an official state holiday commemorating the arrival of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake valley on July 24, 1847. They were looking for a place of refuge after ...
The French Republican Calendar
I recently completed a client project in which one of the objectives was to verify the genealogically significant information in some German and French birth, marriage, and death records. As I was abstracting the French records, I noticed some unfam ...
4 Favorite Sources for Researching Ancestors in the United States
As we in the United States celebrate the birth of our nation on the 4th of July, I thought it would be fun to share four of my favorite sources for discovering more about U.S. ancestors. While a large number of record types exist and I've been learn ...
Finding William’s Father: My Research Plan
In the last post in this series, I discussed locality research as well as ethnicity estimates from Ancestry and MyHeritage. The next step in my project is to create a research plan for both DNA and traditional genealogy research. Her ...
5 Power Tools for Genealogists
As I have been preparing to submit my 4-generation project for accreditation through ICAPGen, I have spent over 1,000 hours on genealogy research and education in the last 15 months. Between that and the creation of my website, client work, and writ ...
Book Review: Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
I discovered author Marie Benedict during a trip to Warwick's book store in San Diego in February. Benedict's book Lady Clementine was one of the staff picks of the month, and because I am a historical fiction fan, I was intrigued. Benedict's bio o ...
Finding William’s Father: DNA Ethnicity Estimates and Locality Research
I have been working through the steps to complete a project in which I am trying to discover the name of my 3x great-grandfather using DNA and traditional genealogical research. I’m using my Dad’s DNA reports at Ancestry and MyHeritage for this proj ...
Finding William’s Father: New Leads
I have been working on a personal DNA project, "Finding William's Father," a little at a time over the last few weeks. In my last post, I wrote about using the AutoClustering tool at Genetic Affairs. Over the last couple of weeks, I was able to dete ...