By Sharon Hall The King of Genealogical Fraud Swedish-born Gustave Anjou perhaps got off on the wrong foot in life, so to speak, as Gustaf Ludvig Jungberg, the illegitimate son of Carl Gustaf Jungberg and his family’s housekeeper Maria Lovisa Hagberg. After serving a prison term for forgery in 1886, he changed his name to…
DetailsBy Sharon Hall Genealogy has become one of the world’s most popular hobbies. USA Today noted that genealogy was bested only by the number one hobby of gardening. In terms of Internet searches genealogy is second behind (regrettably) pornography. It’s no wonder genealogy research has become such a popular pursuit with popular television programming…
DetailsBy Jayne McGarvey Many adoptees experience various degrees of personal conflict within the discipline of family tree research – often unsure whether to trace by adoption, birth or both and are also unsure how to display and record such information. Similar concerns can be encountered by many researchers when encountering either a formal or informal adoption…
DetailsThis post is written specifically about Christian headstones/symbols. Other religions do not have the same images. By Paul Hackley I’m a cemetery stalker. You can usually find me there on my free time. I love to decipher the headstones and imagine who is buried there, each stone telling a different story. I’ve learned a few…
DetailsBy Jayne McGarvey Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, “the Day of the Festival of Patrick”), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. This seems rather a good day to review some of the more recent collections that…
DetailsBy Ericka Guzzard Several months ago I wrote a blog entitled DNA in Genealogy: How does this help me? to explain some of the basics of genetic testing and the different types of tests available for genealogy, and much of the feedback to that blog asked questions about which companies would be reputable and reliable…
DetailsBy Jayne McGarvey Researching Family History can open doors to information long hidden, and/or long forgotten by our families. Sometimes what we find can be shocking, tragic, or both. Each family handles death and bereavement differently, now a days we are encouraged to talk about our feelings, talk about the loved ones we have lost…
DetailsBy Jayne McGarvey The terms Genealogy and Family History are often used interchangeably within the field of ancestor research, even by many professional researchers. They both involve seeking information about your ancestors so what is the difference? Genealogy is the study of ancestry and descent and refers more to the actual search for ancestors and…
DetailsBy Anne Sherman A Brief Background: Unlike Scotland, the birth, marriage and death certificates for England and Wales have never been available online. After many years of campaigning the General Records Office (GRO) was given permission from the Government to produce PDF non-certified copies of these certificates in 2015. You can read more about Civil…
DetailsBy Ericka Gizzard I think there are many of us who have been lured in by the promise of that rippling green leaf, next to our ancestor’s name on Ancestry.com, filled with records and other users’ information. 47 hints?! That’s incredible! Those people in the commercials are so lucky! When I began researching my family…
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