Journal
38 articles on finding ancestors, reading records, and keeping the story with the evidence.
August 12, 2020 · Tracy Hall
If you ever go to Ireland there is symbolism everywhere. I recently read a story from the area around Dingle, Ireland. Oh how I wished I knew this story before I went. I love knowing stories about areas we visit. Once again knowing the history of areas you are visiting makes t...
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August 6, 2020 · Tracy Hall
I know it has been discussed before but let’s talk about it again. Have you joined any family history societies? We joined our first one last year, and boy I wish we would have done it so much sooner. First, my husband and I both have ancestry from Somerset and Dorset in Engla...
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July 24, 2020 · Tracy Hall
In March, the National Museum of American Indians had an event called "Finding Common Ground" that looked into the intersectional history between African Americans and American Indians. History is a fickle thing. It isn’t always full of happy things and really in many cases th...
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July 16, 2020 · Tracy Hall
Have you heard of the Giant’s Causeway? It is located in Northern Ireland in County Antrim. It is an amazing natural wonder to see. A little history, 50 to 60 million years ago there was a lot of volcanic activity. As the molten basalt spread across chalk beds. As the lava coo...
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July 10, 2020 · Tracy Hall
History. How important is history to everyday life? To genealogy? In my opinion, everything meshes together. Knowing factual history can help you to understand the time period your family lived. Have you ever thought, “Why in the world did they decide to move there or do that?...
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July 4, 2020 · Tracy Hall
On this Independence Day when the world is in turmoil let's look back at the important document that started the path to American Independence.
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June 22, 2020 · Tracy Hall
Ireland and its tumultuous history. No one can say the Irish are not strong willed and maybe a little head strong. In the late 1600's there was a chance that Catholic James of England may regain the throne that was taken from him by Protestant William of Orange. In 1690 in a t...
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June 16, 2020 · Tracy Hall
In the fall of 2005 my friend Tammie and I decided to be Girl Scout leaders for her daughter’s Daisy troop. We had gone through scouting all the way through high school and thought it would be a fun adventure. We had a sign up and had a lot of girls join. We got a phone call i...
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June 9, 2020 · Tracy Hall
One of the best parts of living in today’s society is technology. Sometimes it can be frustrating but then I stop and think, at least I am able to find records with more ease than the ones who started this journey I am adding to. I am not having to stop lines because I cannot...
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May 26, 2020 · Tracy Hall
In our last blog we discussed how a DNA test was helping my husband tear down his brick wall where his great great grandfather was concerned. We figured out how his great great grandfather Austin "Frank" had two families and the DNA match we were working with was from his firs...
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May 21, 2020 · Tracy Hall
Oh those brick walls. Most every family has at least one and many could build a high rise apartment with all their walls. In my head, the goal is always to find that one brick, just one loose brick to help that wall come tumbling down. My husband's great grandfather was raised...
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May 14, 2020 · Tracy Hall
Imagine you are adopted. You have a few pieces of paper with some background information about your birth parents but nothing else. You want to know who your birth parents are but the agency who did the adoption wants $500.00 to contact the birth mother to see if she is willin...
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