Daniel S Vancourt was born in 1804 in Montgomery County, New York. I have been researching him because he is my wife’s great great grandfather. Of interest to me is the fact that he lived in and may have been born in the same county in New York as my maternal great great grandfather Jacob
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Finland’s Marimekko Is Bringing Style to USA at Target
I was watching television the other day and a commerical from Target came on with a bold title that appeared to be to be in Finnish. I was immediately intrigued, being a good Finnish-American. Finally today, I was able to do some online research and found that the title was Pöytä Juhlavaksi, which apparently is
Read on »Learning About My Seventh Great Grandmother from Holland
This is a followup from my post of yesterday: Ancestry.com Providing Thousands of Hints for My Research . My maternal seventh great grandmother was Eva Albertssen Bratt, b 9 Jan 1633 in Amsterdam, Holland. When I reviewed my entry for her on my Huskonen-Dingman-Van Court-Scheppelmann Ancestry tree, I found that I only had a paltry two
Read on »Ancestry.com Providing Thousands of Hints for My Research
Today, I checked my Ancestry.com account and learned that my favorite subscription database provider has found 17,987 “hints” for my research. Many of these are for my Huskonen-Dingman-Van Court-Scheppelmann family tree. But many others are for the some 50 trees that I have created for ancillary research projects, including some for myself and others for
Read on »Life and Times of Jennie Morley
Most people in Andover, Ohio, knew her as Jennie Morley, but her real name was Sarah Jane Howlett. Jennie Morley was important to our family as she raised Grace Green as her daughter. There probably was no formal adoption. It is worth noting that Jennie Morley “adopted” other children over the years. Jennie was born
Read on »BYUtv to Debut Series Premiere of “Relative Race,” First Family History-Based Reality
BYUtv recently sent out this news release: BYUtv will debut its all-new original, unscripted competition reality show, Relative Race, on Sunday, February 28 at 8pm ET/6pm MT. Relative Race follows four married couples on a 10-day journey across the country as they complete challenges, meet unknown relatives traced through DNA and compete for a $25,000
Read on »Vote By Mail Ballot Accepted by Cuyahoga County Board of Election
My vote by mail ballot for the March 15, 2016 primary has been accepted by the Cuyahoga County Board of Election. It is so easy to do that I don’t understand why more people don’t take advantage of it. The request for a vote by mail ballot can be performed online on the CCBE website.
Read on »Use eGENEe to Search for Genealogy Websites, Resources
I am a regular reader of Dick Eastman’s Genealogy News. In February 23, 2016, he posted an article about eGENEe, a website containing a catalog of genealogy and history websites. (To read his post, go here: http://blog.eogn.com/2016/02/23/use-egenee-to-search-for-genealogy-and-history-websites-and-resources/) He explains that Anita Brubaker, the owner of eGENEe, says she began keeping a list of useful, reliable websites
Read on »The Family Dinner
Lately, with all the focus on the runup to the 2016 Presidential Election, I have been somehow reminded about my family sitting around the dinner table in the mid-1950s discussing topics ranging from family developments to national news of the day. Mind you, I don’t recall any specific topics, but only that Dad and Mom
Read on »Learning about Genetics and Your Physical Fitness
At one time, about 25 years ago, I was quite concerned about my physical fitness. I was running at least 3 miles every other day, and even doing some body-building routines. If I had had available the following blog posting, “How Much Does Genetics Really Affect Your Fitness?” I would have been all over it.
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