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What happens to your trash when you throw it out? It’s my bet that most of us don’t think twice about throwing out an out-of-date fishing license or our old hotel rewards cards. It seems that some very personal items Continue reading Provenience of Carter-Cash Family Items at Virginia Tech Questioned
John D. Reid, at Anglo-Celtic Connections, wrote a good blog about Ancestry – and it’s affiliations with “Who Do You Think You Are?” Following is a teaser. Ancestry.com makes considerable reference to the TV program “Who Do You Think You Continue reading Ancestry.com & “Who Do You Think You Are?”
It seems that Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Jean Granger in the Harry Potter movies, is related to Joan Playle, who was convicted of Witchcraft in 1592 – not closely related mind you – but related. According to researchers at Continue reading Emma Watson aka Hermione Jean Granger, of the Harry Potter Movies, is Related to a Real Witch
Tom Kemp just posted a blog with a copy of Michael Jackson‘s Social Security Death Index info. GenealogyBank already has the data up, as they update their SS Death Index every week. The data from GenealogyBank’s Database is as follows: Continue reading Michael Jackson’s Social Security Death Index Entry
A local [South Africa] version of the hit British series, Who Do You Think You Are?, a six-parter tracking the ancestry of South African personalities, is set to start on SABC2 at 9pm on Sunday. Personalities who will be going Continue reading South Africa’s Who Do You Think You Are?
I happen to be a Johnny Cash fan. In fact, you could say I am a fan of the entire Cash family. As a boy I started collecting Johnny’s albums. I would get one of my friends to drive me Continue reading Tribute Album Produced Honoring Johnny Cash’s “Bitter Tears”
The following News Release was written by Ancestry.com Staff: PROVO, Utah, April 7 /PRNewswire/ – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online resource for family history, announced today that the late Alex Haley, author of Roots – the decisive masterpiece that inspired Continue reading Nephew of Alex Haley Meets Newfound Scottish Cousin for the First Time
I blogged about Alex Haley’s Scots’ roots in very early March. Now I see that USA Today is again reporting on his Scottish roots. And of course, his nephew Chris Haley, has those same roots, so he’s having quite a Continue reading Alex & Chris Haley’s Scots’ Roots Back in the News.
It looks like Claudia Joseph’s new biography of Kate Middleton, Kate: Kate Middleton – Princess in Waiting, points out that her 3rd great grandfather spent some time in 1881 in the Hollaway Prison in London. It isn’t known what he Continue reading Kate Middleton’s Convict Ancestor, Edward Thomas Glassborow
You can now find families from not only West Yorkshire, but East and North Yorkshire as well as other areas of Britain (not all are posted yet), in the 1911 British Census at www.1911census.co.uk And if you happen to be Continue reading Michael Parkinson’s Roots are Found in the 1911 British Census of Yorkshire
There’s an interesting blog titled “Family skeletons detrimental to healing” posted on the ScienceBlog website that set me to thinking… Genealogists seem to love to drag out the family skeletons. Good old adultery, lying, cheating, stealing, and even a murder Continue reading Shaking Out the Family Skeletons Might Save Your Life
If you don’t know who Kate Middleton is, then you certainly do not follow the day-to-day affairs of the British monarchy. Kate has had an ongoing relationship with Prince William for the last five years or so. Her parents own Continue reading Where the Middletons Got Their “Old” Money
CHICAGO, March 13 /PRNewswire/ – Yesterday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, Christopher Knight Capone, the putative grandson of the most notorious crime figure in American history Al Capone, filed a complaint requesting the court to enter Continue reading Putative Grandson Christopher Knight Capone is Looking for Answers
So Obama and Pitt are 9th cousins… So what? If you do the research, you’ll find that 9th cousinship is so common that you might be surprised that the relationship wasn’t closer. If you have colonial American ancestry, you can Continue reading The Cousinship of the President
It is being reported that DNA testing has revealed that Alex Haley was descended from a Scotsman. Researchers have found that his nephew, Chris Haley, is distantly related to June Baff-Black. She is from South Wales and has traced her Continue reading According to DNA, “Roots” Author, Alex Haley, is Descended From a Scotsman