If you live in So. Cal. or wish you did but will be visiting during June 27-29 the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree will be held at the Burbank Area Marriott. I’m going try to and show up Sunday. They have a couple of special sessions regarding Eastern European ancestors that might help me break through [...]
Archive for May, 2008
If you live in Southern California
May 28, 2008Ancient DNA
May 28, 2008There’s an Interesting article on DNA recovered from a 1,000 year old Viking burial site here. One of the things I’ve been wanting to do, but haven’t, is to have my DNA coded to see what Haplogroup affiliations are present in my DNA.
Also, here’s a great site on genetic genealogy, what tests to have, and [...]
Hellen Burgess
May 20, 2008My Maternal Great-Great Grandmother was born Hellen Burgess. A copy of the 1850 census for Truxton, New York shows Hellen , her father Nehemiah, her mother Elanor, and her siblings: Eugene, Herman, Irene, Janette, and Marion.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. [...]
Clarence and Martha
May 19, 2008When I was younger and my mom and dad would argue, invariably one of them would call the other “Martha” or “Clarence”. Martha and Clarence were my maternal Grandmother and Grandfather. They had quite a few children(10 – my mom being the youngest), so I’m sure there might have been a few raised voices in [...]
