A Humbling Experience
I make this post as a public apology to a certain researcher who has offered great insight into the research I’ve been doing on my Lennon line of Columbus County, NC. Back in April, I posted about...
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Ethel May Robinson Rose (1908-1988)
Today would have been the 100th birthday of my mother’s paternal aunt, Ethel Robinson Rose. Ethel was born August 8, 1908 in Wilmington, North Carolina to Lewis “Christopher Columbus” Robinson and...
View ArticleA New Cousin?
Since my last post a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been quite busy. I’ve finished the curriculum phase of my MPH degree and have now moved into the research phase. This means that I no longer am in class...
View ArticleSaturday Night Fun This Week
I’m feeling all inspired again with my genealogy blogging! I’ve gotten some great thoughts from reading others’ blogs. For this post, I’m taking Randy up on his last Saturday Night Fun quest, Where...
View ArticleSaturday Night Genealogy Fun – My 16
I’m going to take Randy up on his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun for August 8, 2009. Not because of the intent to document my ethnicity for that is very easy – to the best of my current knowledge, all...
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23andMe: A DNA, Surname & Geographic Location Match!
Continuing my blog series on our 23andMe results, I had to share an exciting lead I have now that my mother’s results have been processed! One of my mother’s matches is a lady who we’ll call Ms. W....
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Establishing my Great-Grandparents DNA Profile
Well, parts of it anyway. This week, the 23andMe DNA Roots Into the Future results came back for one of my mother’s paternal 1st cousins. A great advantage of her having done the test is that I can...
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My Great-Grandparents in the 1925 NY State Census
Oh how I love genealogy! Tonight, while doing a little Twitter reading, I saw Thomas post that Ancestry has put the NY State Census indexes online for 1892, 1915, and 1925. Excitedly, I quickly hopped...
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Those Shaky Leaves Really Work
Today has been a great day. I have been able to be in contact with a 2nd cousin of mine for a branch of my family for whom we have lost contact. And, she found me via those great Ancestry shaky leaves!...
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Cousin Connection: Lennon Family
Earlier this month I had another cousin connection that I’ve not been able to blog about until now. Gotta love the internet! My cousin, CM, found me and contacted me through this blog. One of his...
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