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DP Family Tree & The Heritage Hunters Podcast ANNOUNCEMENT

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Welcome back to my family history blog! I have a HUGE announcement!! DP Family Tree is merging along side The Heritage Hunters Podcast w/ Dawn Piercy & The Heritage Huntress!!!

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Timeline of Bishop Herman op den Graeff

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“Herman op den Graeff”, detail from the allegorical-historical painting “Ahnenfolge” by Matthias Laurenz Gräff (photo via Wikipedia)

Hello and welcome back to my blog.  I’m going to start focusing on individuals I find interesting as I explore and am source indexing.  Please come along for the ride, if you feel you’d like to come on a journey. Because I have a huge project in building now for about 5 months, and I think maybe I should keep up in between as well.

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Full Circles

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Photo Made on Family Search

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Thomas Grey and Descendants

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Grey Family Crest

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That feeling of relief, and excitement when we finally break through a brick wall, getting our hands and or sight set on old manuscripts, original documents, and more! The most rewarding feeling comes with it and that’s how I’m feeling about this right now!

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Roots Tech 2025 Pre-Registration is Now Open

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It’s here! Pre-registration is now open for Roots Tech 2025!!! March 6-8. You can click the photo above to register now.

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New Historical Findings, and Matching DNA results to the Family Tree

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Sara Rapelje Marriage Medal (via Wikipedia) my 11th Great Grandmother

Hello and welcome to my family history blog. If this is your first time, feel free to explore the available areas. The locked areas are for family research, and for family members, cousins, and it gives me a way to share my source indexing, and results that I have not shared.

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Family Tree DNA Website Changes

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I received an email from family tree DNA, letting me know that My Heritage is taking over the family tree portion of the site, in meaning, you transfer your tree via your DNA, autosomal Family Finder, mtDNAFULL Sequence, Y-DNA, etc. You agree to transfer it, and it literally builds your tree for you! Connects you via DNA 🧬 and, find and gives you all the sources found. You take a look at them, is it them? Then you just push yes and can, like over 40 family members added!

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WikiTree Challenge for Robert the Bruce

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Neoclassic bust of Robert the Bruce at the National Wallace Monument (click photo for full Wikipedia)

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Last week I receive an email from Wikitree that said …

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Timeline of Arthur Albert Piercy

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Arthur Albert Piercy “Gone Fishing”

Today marks a very special day for my family, as not only is it Christmas, but it is also my paternal grandfather’s birthday! I had what I like to call a good relationship with my grandfather.

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Martyr’s, Monk’s, Saint’s, and Mayhem

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St. Margaret of Scotland (via Wikipedia)

Hello, welcome to my blog on Martyr’s, Monk’s, Saint’s, and Mayhem.

I have taken my time with what ancestors that I thought would be important to blog on via family history for me, and what to pass onto future generations of my family.

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