I am my own grandpa!
Many many years ago when I was twenty three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My father fell …
Genealogy Wish List
Genealogy Wish List A) I want ancestors with names like Rudimentary Montagnard or Melchizenick von Steubenhoffmannschild or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not William Brown or John Hunter or Mary Abbott. B) I want ancestors who could read …
All-Time Greatest Genealogical Movies
By Richard Callanan – London All-Time Greatest Genealogical Movies International Section: Census and Sensibility A Fiche Called “Wanda to Zelda” Lost in Transcription All About Eve [parents not found] Good Will Hunting — Wrong Will …
Genealogist’s Pox
WARNING: Very contagious to adults. SYMPTOMS: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places. Patient has a black expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and children. Has no taste for work of any kind, …
Searching for an Ancestor
I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him still.He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will.He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences.He avoided any …
The Family Tree – a Game of numbers
*WEALL HAD2 PARENTS4 GRANDPARENTS8 GREAT-GRANDPARENTS16 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS32 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS64 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS128 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS256 GREAT- GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS512 GREAT- GREAT- GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS1,024 GREAT- GREAT- GREAT- GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTSEXACTLY 10 GENERATIONS = 1,024
Top Ten Worst Selling Genealogy Books
10. Ten Easy Steps to Making Your Own Coffin 9. The Fine Art of Graveyard Maintenance 8. Genealogy Sourcerybook – Trace your ancestors using spells, potions, and incantations. 7. HairNetting Your Ancestors – How to …
Dear Ancestor
“Dear Ancestor” Your tombstone stands among the rest; Neglected and alone. The name and the date are chiseled out On polished, marbled stone. It reaches out to all who cares It is too late to …