By: Sharon Hall A DNA Eureka! Moment This story began with a request to correct a spelling error in an article I’d written about a 1913 coal mine explosion in Dawson, New Mexico. To Doug Simpleman the error was especially important to see corrected. The misspelled name belonged to his great grandfather Roy Simpleman. …
By Anne Sherman Recording family history research is probably the one area that many beginners think little about. They may add a tree online with companies such as Ancestry etc., but there is so much more you can do to keep your research organised. Online Trees These all have their place in your research and…
By Jayne McGarvey My Maternal Grandmother’s sisters both had families. Over the decades those families have grown. I have many second cousins, some of whom I occasionally met, usually en masse as a child, their names and faces often merging into one another, as months or even years would pass between meetings. My cousins have…