This incubator of plague and sower of dissent is my daughter.
Snow Days
What are your memories of snow days in your youth? Mine is of listening to WBCN Boston 104.1, hoping for the snow song. It was a parody of Monty Python’s “Spam,” except it went, “Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow…” When you heard that, you knew there was a possibility of a snow day! If Bridgewater schools came… Read More
Transcripts vs. Original Records
Of course, all this research has involved digging deep into Italian records, using a combination of the FamilySearch catalog to find non-indexed records and the Antenati website, for those records to which FamilySearch currently restricts access.
Here’s a small reminder about why genealogists always strongly recommend you look for an original record or image of the original, instead of relying on transcriptions. Transcriptions can be handy, but incomplete, such as this one for the birth of one of my distant uncles…
Navigating the FamilySearch Catalog
While we know FamilySearch is one of the best free genealogy resources available, most people aren’t making the most of what they have to offer. If you’re going to FamilySearch.org and searching from there, let me show you what you’re missing out on and how to dig deeper! Start with the Catalog Search Many of FamilySearch’s records are not accessible… Read More
The Eventful Existence of Edward Callaghan: How DNA Testing Bridged A Life Lived Across 3 Continents
Edward Callaghan lived quite an eventful life and the funny thing is I never knew that not only was he the ancestor of an elementary school friend of mine, but would also become the ancestor of one my children. I’ve tried for months to sum up his life. We’ll see if I succeed this time. My husband’s dad’s 1st cousin… Read More
Witch or Bitch?
In 1997, the song Bitch by Meredith Brooks came out and many women embraced it. You probably still remember dancing around to it, thinking, “Oh yeah, I’m hella edgy!” But how many of you read the book Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel, published in 1998? Elizabeth Wurtzel died today, but I think her work went out… Read More
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