Uncategorized Four Freedoms, FDR, 1941 20 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 The Nation takes great satisfaction and much strength from the things which have been done to make its people conscious of their individual stake in the preservation of democratic life…
Family History Updates Back to Work! 12 Nov 201812 Nov 2018 I took a few months off from the blog to do more genealogy research! I started by taking a good hard look at all of the research I had done…
Family History Updates What do you do when you find another 200 cousins? 30 Dec 201730 Dec 2017 I've been working hard on John Wolford (1800-1867). I had conflicts between census records from before 1850, when only the head of household was named. Did John have one…
Family History Updates Family Portrait; how impossible it can be get everyone in one frame! 22 Apr 201722 Apr 2017 Probably the hardest thing I've had to do is show how people are related in some way other than a list! Lists remind people of work, and it's hard to…
Family History Updates How DNA has helped our family tree 4 Apr 2017 Lately I've been working on John Wolford, my GGGG grandfather. It's been a big project, so big in fact I decided to take down the pages I had already published,…
Genealogy In the News Who’s more Irish? 8 Mar 2017 A recent Ancestry.com article talks about why each child does not receive the same proportion of genetic heritage from each parent. In terms of genealogy research, testing different siblings will give…
Family History Updates Getting back to my roots 24 Feb 20174 Mar 2017 Ive taken down several pages; I decided to start over with Calvin Wolford and his siblings, then spouses, then children, and so on. If you saw a page earlier about…
Family History Updates What’s in a white lie? Sometimes, a lot. 20 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 I've worked my way through Calvin and Eliza, and I've started reviewing some of my old work on William Millard Wolford and his wives Sarah Taylor and Mary Light. A…
Family History Updates Starting on Eliza Pritchard- Wolford 18 Feb 201718 Feb 2017 Researching women in history is not always the easiest project. My 3rd Great Grandfather, Calvin Wolford, married Eliza Pritchard in 1859, just before the civil war started. Women at the…