
Knowing Your Past: It's A Privilege!
I am very fortunate to have been able to discover many generations of my family. On my paternal side, despite early setbacks due to...

My Mysterious Ancestors
I've been in my new home now for 3 weeks, and despite not having the place fully furnished yet (thank you again, COVID-19!), I more or...

New Beginnings
Today marks 1 week since I made the move to Port Hope, a tranquil town on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Port Hope has the distinction...

Double Cousins?
In the decades that I've been documenting my family tree, I have discovered several people that are what I call "double cousins". What do...
GENEALOGY PET PEEVES
Tracing your family roots can be a fun and personally fulfilling adventure, but it can also be a journey littered with road blocks,...

More Discoveries
Between shovelling snow, packing up my house and looking for a new career, I've somehow managed to do some work on my family tree. In the...

Verifying Data
Reviewing historical data is a significant part of researching your family history. In the not so distant past, this involved finding and...
1000's of DNA Matches: Now What?
Several years ago I took my first DNA test through Ancestry.com. The test was a mitochondrial test which means that it took both my...

Contacting Distant Relatives
2022 marks the 20th year that I have been researching my family's history. It doesn't seem that long ago that I was going through a box...

Famous Cousins
I have been hosting my family tree with Ancestry.com and on this personal website now for quite some time, yet I often wonder if anyone...