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Friday, July 26, 2013

Locating Our Families Old World Origins with DNA

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I've been buried deep in Haplogroup research since my cousin's DNA results came in last Friday. Eupedia has been the best resource f...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

DNA Testing Companies Database Sizes: How many people in their databases?

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The Genographic project has a counter on their homepage  I've have been curious about the total number of people who have tested wi...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Hurray! I confirmed I'm a member of a persecuted minority!

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The passenger list for the SS Vaderland which sailed out of Antwerp to the Port of New York in 1909. My Grandfather Rudolph is 10 month...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Hanging Out the Zirkle Dirty Laundry

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Witness List Zirkle Case The Zirkle Family Home Like many families the Zirkles had their share of dirty laundry which was air...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Don't White Wash the Past

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Somewhat to Lewis Zirkle's credit he did free one of his slaves, George, and gave him some land in one of his wills I have found ...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Old Search at Ancestry Better for Slow Internet Connections

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One reason why I liked Ancestry.com's old search is because you could get to a scrolling menu when you clicked the record catagory in t...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

A 2006 Letter from Ireland I Cherish!

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The anticipation that comes from waiting for DNA results can be overwhelming LOL. I am currently waiting for results from a Y DNA test an...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Concrete Proof of Relationship

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Jane Sharp/Rawlins statement on paper (somewhere?) naming her relations got me to thinking about our documentation for the Forgey ...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Analysis of a Family Tree Gone Wrong

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A tear in Samuel Forgey's will is symbolic of the missing pieces we need to reconstruct  in the family history in general Seems l...