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In “There’s a Story Behind the China,” I intentionally left out the name of the antique mall where the set of china was located. It was not germane to the story and I felt, given the situation and that the story really wasn’t about the specific location, that it was best to leave it out. […]
[This is a little different from our usual fare here, but maybe it will give readers the impetus to record their own stories about living family members while the details are somewhat fresh in their minds. Hopefully this makes for a colorful story for my daughter to tell her children and grandchildren.] Two days ago, […]
I’m in eight circles on AncestryDNA as of this writing: Christianna (DeMoss) Rampley (born in the early 1770s probably in Harford County, Maryland. Hinrich Janssen Ufkes (born 1797 Ostfriesland, Germany) and the circle for his wife Trientje Eilts (Post) Ufkes (born 1803 Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany) Riley Rampley (born 1835 Coshocton County, Ohio) and the circle for his wife Nancy Jane (Newman) Rampley(born […]
I’m still playing with the AncestryDNA circles that are showing up on my results. While I realize the circles are still in “beta,” I’m still not certain how helpful they will be for me at this point as entry into the “circle” is contingent upon the user submitting a tree in addition to their DNA. I’m more […]
The researcher who located records on my Trautvetter and Derle families in Wohlmutshausen and Helmerhausen in Thuringia for me has taken a full time job elsewhere and is no longer able to perform the work. Fortunately she recommended another researcher and I’m in the process of reaching out and deciding where the research should go […]
Note: This blog post will be corrected any known errors in fact are located or brought to my attention. Our discussion here is an attempt to be elementary in the explanation. AncestryDNA finally gave me some of the infamous “circles” on my results page. The circles are an attempt to group together DNA submissions who appear […]
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Ancestry.com is indicating that their “1890 Veterans Schedule” has been updated. This census is only available for those states whose appear in an alphabetical of the US states beginning with Kentucky. Since it is a census, it is organized by location. This can be helpful in certain research situations. Researchers who suspect their William Smith was […]
I had forgotten this picture even existed. The undated picture is of Trientje (Behrens) Sartorius who was born in Weene, Ostfriesland, Germany and died in 1926 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. Ulferts was her “middle” name in a sense. It was not a middle name in the way that people typically think of them. It […]
