The Fennimore Family of Somerset and Morris Counties New Jersey A DNA Project – Third-Party Tools, DNA Painter
Experimenting with DNA Painter, using my Fennimore Gedmatch results
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The Fennimore Family of Somerset and Morris Counties New Jersey A DNA Project -Organization and Privacy
Good organization is essential in any genealogical research, but it is critical in a genetic genealogy project. Just because two people have shared DNA doesn’t mean that you have proof that you are both descended from a particular ancestor. An accurate paper trail must accompany the matches to aid proper identification. For example, in Ancestry,
My Ladies – Julia Beam part 5 – The Trial
Initially, it appeared that there would be no justice for Julia. The citizens and local enforcement of Glen Gardner felt that the law was indeed served. Julia’s father turned her away, so she had no support from her parents. Her uncle, who lived near Hell Mountain, took her in, along with her sister Sarah and
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Get your Family History out of the Files!
Two decades of research sits in my file cabinets and on my PC. In the past I’ve tried fan charts, and a few other ways to display my research, nothing made it to the wall. For the longest while it was because I wanted to find just one more ancestor, my tree was
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Mocavo Plus, a First Look
There is a new research tool named Mocavo. Mocavo is designed specifically for searching sites that are only genealogy related. I have to ask myself, do I really need another search engine? I use Google for the most part, so why is Mocavo different than Google? According to their website Google only contains about
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Raymond Jaques Fennimore, Merchant Marine
Raymond Fennimore, Merchant Marine It was Christmas in the early 70’s. I’m thinking about 1972. I was a proud owner of a Polaroid Instant Camera; I seem to recall a bit of family drama, which resulted in this gift from my dad. For my birthday I received some film for the camera, and since this
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The Case of the Unfortunate Emeline Church
I’ve been consistently researching my family history for close to 17 years. Over that time certain ancestors captured my attention, and I have a difficult time putting them aside. We are all interested in discovering someone of note in our pedigree, but I find the ones that had a bumpy course in life have story
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Thank You Veterans
Thank you Veterans for serving and putting your personal safety at risk to protect our country. Today I will be thinking of you all but in particular I will consider the ones in my circle, and family that have stood with their nation and did what they felt was necessary. Not all wars are popular;
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Genealogy and Pizza, Searching Roots in Brooklyn
A few months back my Aunt was scouring Ancestry.com and up popped a cemetery match for my 3rd great grandmother, Charlotte Ruttel Schellenberger, 2 of her children, and a child of her married daughter. All circumstantial, but it opened the door to allow for me to order a death certificate and verify it was indeed
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Germany, Uncharted Territory
Life has been pretty busy. My day job continues to be more demanding, I’m getting a few requests for small projects, and my twins are leaving for college. My blog has been ignored a bit as a result, though I am sure few are missing me. I’ve had managed to dabble a bit in my
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