It seems that I have little to write about these days. But hopefully, that will change soon. I continue to go through some of the family treasures I have recently inherited through both mine and my husband’s family. Mostly it’s trying to organize old photos, identify the people in some of the older ones, and … Continue reading Betty: The Most Remarkable Lady
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Piddling with Archaic DNA Matches
In the process of trying to expand our DNA matches to those on Gedmatch and FTDNA, I stumbled on a tool at Gedmatch to see how we match to archeological DNA submissions. I have no idea what it all means…just bear with me here. It’s interesting. Of course, I find a lot of things interesting. … Continue reading Piddling with Archaic DNA Matches
A Study in French Society
This week I am going to deviate from genealogy in that this is not an article on a particular ancestor. Instead, I am pursuing that rabbit hole of trying to understand French society, particularly of the higher classes. I have found some very interesting research papers and older publications that shed a little more light … Continue reading A Study in French Society
Curieux de connaître DeJean
I remain curieux de connaître our DeJean origins in France. As I have written on an occasion or two, I think I can say with certainty who Stephen’s siblings and father were and about when they arrived in the United States. But their trail from France ended in New York in about 1797. So what … Continue reading Curieux de connaître DeJean
Elaborating on Eleanor
Eleanor Cobe's autobiography is one of the minor mysteries that has always caused an itch every time I see it. She wrote it for a college assignment and the exact date it was written is unknown, but I have always suspected it was before she met Ken Rhoads, Sr. in 1917. Her autobiography is one … Continue reading Elaborating on Eleanor
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