My Family Ancestry

As I post my latest blog, it is Election Day in the United States of America. While America chooses her future leader, I have been...

My last blog post mentioned that I had found ancestors who were Puritans/Pilgrams - my 10x Great Grandparents, Hugh and Anne Calkins....

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...

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...

Monday, October 10th marks Thanksgiving in Canada. While our Thanksgiving differs in date and origin from the US Thanksgiving holiday, I...

As I head into my 15th year of ancestry research, one overwhelming thing has become clear: you cannot choose your relatives. My past year...

This week I received both books that I managed to track down that contain the personal letters of my cousin, Lady Augusta Stanley (nee...

This Thursday, September 15, 2016, marks the 100th anniversary of the death of my maternal Great Grandfather, Norman Ross Crosby, during...

In September, 1933, my cousin, Lady Charlotte Christian Bruce's (Lady Locker) stepson, Oliver Sterlingfleet Locker Lampson, helped Albert...

Back in late May I sent a letter directly to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, requesting special permission to visit my cousin Augusta...