400 Years In North America
My last blog post mentioned that I had found ancestors who were Puritans/Pilgrams - my 10x Great Grandparents, Hugh and Anne Calkins....
My Puritan Ancestors
This weekend has been full of surprises for me. While I was researching my Taylor lineage, which I have managed to trace back to the...
DNA & Ancestry.com
A little over a year ago I took a DNA test with Ancestry.com in hopes of finally putting to rest a family legend that we had Native North...
Thanksgiving & Pilgrims
Monday, October 10th marks Thanksgiving in Canada. While our Thanksgiving differs in date and origin from the US Thanksgiving holiday, I...
You Can't Choose Your Family
As I head into my 15th year of ancestry research, one overwhelming thing has become clear: you cannot choose your relatives. My past year...