The Scotsman.com from Edinburgh, Scotland carried an article today titled “Scotland Urged to Refocus on Genealogy Tourism.” “By BRIAN FERGUSON Published on Sunday 25 November 2012 00:00 WHOEVER they think they are they deserve the red carpet treatment for a new study estimates people searching for their roots will be worth £2.4 billion to Scotland […]
Yes, it’s that time of year. Are you putting together a set of photos to display at a graduation open house, wedding shower, or wedding? Maybe you are doing it in a slide show format. Whichever way, it’s time to also make sure those pictures are labeled. Even better, write up a few words that […]
Yes, you read that correctly! A few of the courses have a waiting list and it never hurts to get on those. Some courses, like the one I coordinate, have agreed to add a few more students so that we don’t turn you away. Not all course set-ups allow for that, but I was happy […]
My Mom passed away in 2008. For far too many years before that she suffered from Alzheimer’s. Far too many years. Looking back to the early 1990s we can now recognize behavior that may have been early signs. Mom was also having those small strokes that affected her behavior. We had begun to talk every […]
The 4th of July was a big day in our neighborhood when I was growing up. It meant family and neighbor time. Some years it meant patriotic singing, led by my Dad’s booming voice. It meant hot dogs and hamburgers cooked by my Dad, Bill, and our neighbor ,Ernie Lindberg. For many years the biggest […]
I love to sit at my computer checking Ancestry.com, Facebook, NewspaperArchives, American Ancestors and a bunch of other websites. Today I was thinking about some other research ventures that involved on-site researching. I find it exhilarating to touch original records, get my fingers dirty paging through an old volume of court records, view an original […]
Thanks to my cousin, Dave Gustafson, for sharing this picture of our grandmother. She was also known as Grandma Toots!
April 6th is National Tartan Day in the U.S. I have some proud Scottish ancestry. Among the names I find in my ancestry in Scotland areStuart: Strathdon, Aberdeen; Abroath, Angus; Grant: Strathdon, AberdeenLeighton/Lighton: Farnell, AngusNiddrie/Nedry: Farnell and Kinnell, AngusAllardice/Allardyce: Kinnell, AngusEdward/s: Brechin, Forfar, and Abroath, AngusCowie: Brechin and Forfar, Angus In the U.S. the Edward/s […]
When I was born I had these ancestors alive: Parents: William Earl and Patricia Margaret (Hanley) StuartMaternal Grandparents: Maurice Michael and Gertrude Margaret (Cook) HanleyPaternal Grandparents: Earl James and Olga Theodora (Carlsen) StuartMaternal Great Grandparents: John Thomas and Violet (Marie Delia Malvina Daoust/Dow) Cook Paternal Great Grandmother: Emma Louise (Slaker) Stuart (widow of Alexander Charles Stuart) […]
Paula Stuart, age 4 1/2 months with her paternal Grandfather E. J. Stuart.