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...


Follow The Clues!
Tracking your family history beyond your 2 or 3 times great-grandparents can be a daunting task, especially if you want to include...


Killers In The Family
Everyone has skeleton's in their family tree, and my family is no exception. In fact, I have a LOT of nasty ancestors in my paternal...


And The Winner Is...
With a family tree that currently has over 21,000 people listed on it, I am often surprised what people find most interesting about my...
Thanksgiving & Family
Regular readers of my blog and website will know that I identify as a Canadian; I was born in Canada, I have spent most of my life living...























