Sadie Crider
November 1, 2023 No Comments
The first image is a photograph taken some time in the late 1930s or early ‘40s of my great-great-grandfather, Marion Crider, and his second child, my great-grandaunt, 𝗦𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲, standing in
Bonney Lake’s Plateau
October 31, 2023 No Comments
While researching my great-grandaunt, Sadie Crider, I came across a book, published in 2011, titled 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦’𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘶. I found a used copy at a bookstore and purchased it for
Ethnicity Inheritance
October 30, 2023 No Comments
AncestryDNA launched a new feature yesterday together with updated ethnicity estimates. SideView technology sorts out which ethnicities you inherited from each parent. The resulting information is provided in ethnicity inheritance
Mark John Maynard
October 29, 2023 No Comments
I had a big breakthrough recently and can now trace my Maynard line back one more generation to my 5th great-grandfather with the help of DNA testing. All thanks to
One Drop in a Sea of Blue
October 28, 2023 No Comments
Just finished reading 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 by author John B. Lundstrom, Curator Emeritus of History at the Milwaukee Public Museum. My great-great-granduncle 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 served in
P.J. Swenson
October 27, 2023 No Comments
My great-grandmother Clara wrote in her journal about her uncle 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 who lived in Carver, Minnesota. The first image is an old photograph she had of him seated next
Daniel Boone
October 26, 2023 No Comments
My fifth great-granduncle married the grand-niece of legendary frontiersman 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲 on October 4, 1810. A decade later, Boone sat for his first ever portrait at the age of 85.
Carl Göran Svensson
October 25, 2023 No Comments
This is a portrait of my great-great-grandfather 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗚𝗼̈𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻. He was born to Sara Greta Jönsdotter and Sven Persson on December 18, 1831 in Högstad, Mjölby, Östergötland, Sweden. He
Lubbert Lubbertsen van Westervelt
October 23, 2023 No Comments
Never knew until recently that I have a sixth great-grandparent of Dutch descent. The problem with the ethnicity estimate from Ancestry is they group Netherlands under 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 & 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦.
Ethnicity Estimate #2
October 22, 2023 No Comments
The new Ancestry DNA updates went live. Users who log into Ancestry DNA will see the message: “Your updated ethnicity estimate is here!” With the latest update, “you may see
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