It’s October and even though 2020 has been a nightmare, it’s my annual month to blog about the creepy in genealogy. Last week, I wrote about my new neighbors and this week, I got another new set as a family moved into the rental next door. When you were a kid, I bet there was … Continue reading “That Creepy House in Your Neighborhood”
I had just returned from traveling to Croatia in April when I received the email below: Hello, My name is [ ]. I am a Family History consultant. For a few years I have been trying to find the parentage of Joseph Emory DeLong 1814, married to Caroline Patterson about 1844 in Portage, Livingston New … Continue reading “Creepy October – A Website Connection”
Every October I like to blog about a family story passed down to me that I consider spooky. The odd thing about the story I’m about to tell is that I can find NO DOCUMENTATION to support the facts. Zero – Nada – Zilch! Since this occurred in my lifetime I find the lack of … Continue reading “A Creepy Weird Family Story”
Welcome back to another year of Genealogy at Heart. Here’s hoping your holidays were quiet, safe and delightful! I’m longing for the comfort of ritual traditions that were discarded last year due to all the chaos. In keeping with how I have started every past January blog, here’s my review of the top 10 Genealogy … Continue reading “Top Genealogy At Heart Posts from 2020”
While I was in Celina, Ohio, as I mentioned last week, I found another hint about John Duer. I had blogged twice this year about my search for his final burial site. A year ago in June, in a book in Allen County Public Library, (Editors. Mercer County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions Volume VI. Celina, OH: … Continue reading “Closer to Fulfilling Another Genealogical Wish”
My blog plans have changed due to the events of this past week. Originally, I was going to share a find I discovered by accident on Christmas evening but that will wait. When I began Genealogy At Heart, my goal was to post blogs to further the genealogical education of everyone interested in family history. One of the … Continue reading “With Heavy Heart, Comparing Ancestor Patriots to Those Who Stormed the Capitol”
My last blog was about ways to find the living who might have the genealogical information you need without making them feel threatened that their privacy had been invaded. Today, I’m thinking about how much more private our lives are then in the past. Thomas MacEntee mentioned this, too, in an interactive webinar he recently … Continue reading “Privacy and the Genealogist – Part 2”
Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com on 29 Oct 2015 I absolutely love the internet – it’s my favorite improvement in life. I could live without kitchen appliances, television, cell phone and backup camera on my car but I wouldn’t want to return to the days of no internet. I first used the internet in 1993 at … Continue reading “Ashes on the Doorstep”
Originally published on genealogyatheart.blogspot.com on 16 Oct 2015. When I think of fall I don’t think about pumpkins and leaves like most. Instead, I think of apples. I loved apple picking as a child and I knew what would come soon after, my grandma’s apple strudel. We bobbed them, tried to bite chunks out that … Continue reading “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree – The Real Life of Johnny Appleseed”
