Tag Archives: archives

ancestors, Castles, catherine de medici, family historian, family history, family search, family secrets, family tree, family tree DNA, FTDNA, genealogy, historical findings, history, History of Royals, learning, medici family, mtDNA, My True Ancestry, Noble descendants, royal descendants, source indexing, TimeLine, Uncategorized, wikitree, Y-DNA

It’s Been Awhile

Leave a comment
Ancestor from 1000 years ago and carrier of H1tc^ Halpogroup

It has been a crazy year and I am so grateful to bring you this post. In the last year I have fought cancer, had emergency life saving surgery, released my 1st album the same day I launched the genealogy podcast on 8/08/2025 Tdr Now and The Heritage Hunters Podcast. Surgery was on 8/23/25 and I am here!!! Sorry for such a long pause…

Continue reading It’s Been Awhile →
ancestors, ancestry, Bishop Herman op den Graeff, education, educational, family, family historian, family history, family search, family tree, family tree DNA, FTDNA, genealogy, Germany, historical findings, history, History of Royals, learning, LifeStory, mtDNA, my heritage, My True Ancestry, Noble descendants, source indexing, TimeLine, Uncategorized

Timeline of Bishop Herman op den Graeff

2 Comments
“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.

Continue reading Timeline of Bishop Herman op den Graeff →
ancestors, Ancestors and Family from Scotland, ancestry, building a family tree, Declaration of Abroath, education, educational, family, family historian, family history, family tree, genealogy, genealogy events, history, History of Royals, learning, LifeStory, mtDNA, Robert the Bruce, royal descendants, Royal Family History, Scotland, TimeLine, Uncategorized, wikitree, WikiTree Challenge: Robert the Bruce

WikiTree Challenge for Robert the Bruce

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

Hello and welcome to my family history blog!

Last week I receive an email from Wikitree that said …

Continue reading WikiTree Challenge for Robert the Bruce →
ancestors, ancestry, family, family historian, family history, family search, family tree, FTDNA, genealogy, Happy Birthday, history, Merry Christmas, mtDNA, source indexing, u.s. army, Uncategorized

Timeline of Arthur Albert Piercy

Leave a comment
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.

Continue reading Timeline of Arthur Albert Piercy →
ancestors, ancestry, building a family tree, DNA test and results, education, educational, family, family historian, family history, family search, family tree, FTDNA, genealogy, history, History of Royals, learning, LifeStory, Martyr's, Martyr's, Monk's, Saint's, and Mayhem, monks, mtDNA, My True Ancestry, Noble descendants, roots magic, RootsTech, royal descendants, Royal Family History, saints, source indexing, TimeLine, Uncategorized

Martyr’s, Monk’s, Saint’s, and Mayhem

1 Comment
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.

Continue reading Martyr’s, Monk’s, Saint’s, and Mayhem →
ancestors, ancestry, building a family tree, cousins, Early Bird Registration, education, educational, family, family historian, family history, family search, family tree, genealogy, genealogy events, history, immigration records, learning, LIVE streams, mtDNA, My True Ancestry, roots magic, RootsTech, RootsTech2023, RootsTech2024, source indexing, speakers, Uncategorized, upcoming, upcoming events, upcoming speakers, wikitree

Early Bird Registration for RootsTech 2024 is now Open!!!

1 Comment
RootsTech Early Bird Registration is OPEN!

Welcome to my family history blog! I’m so excited, I already registered for the online portion of the event which is FREE!!!

Continue reading Early Bird Registration for RootsTech 2024 is now Open!!! →
ancestors, ancestry, education, educational, family, family historian, family history, family search, family tree, genealogy, genealogy events, history, immigration records, learning, LIVE streams, roots magic, source indexing, speakers, Uncategorized, upcoming, upcoming events, upcoming speakers, YouTube

Family Search LIVE Streams are going on RIGHT NOW

Leave a comment

Hello, and welcome back to my Family History Blog. Today is the day!

3 LIVE Streams Will Be took place on the Family Search YouTube channel recently. (Click to visit and subscribe)

Continue reading Family Search LIVE Streams are going on RIGHT NOW →
ancestors, ancestry, building a family tree, family historian, family history, family tree, genealogy, genealogy events, history, roots magic, source indexing, Uncategorized, upcoming events, wikitree

Genealogy Event for March 2-4, 2023

1 Comment
Family TreeDNA is a Gold Sponsor at RootsTech 2023!

Hi, and welcome back to my blog. I’ve updated this post. If you’re new here, feel free to explore my blog, and you will find links to help you on your journey on just about every page if your new to this, and even if you’re not new to this.

Continue reading Genealogy Event for March 2-4, 2023 →
Uncategorized

The WikiTree Challenge of “Week 24: Mariah Carey” Dec. 15-22, 2022

Leave a comment
The WikiTree Challenge of “Week 24: Mariah Carey” Dec. 15-22, 2022 (CLICK photo to learn more, and join us NOW!)

It’s happening! For the first time ever, I have hopped on a team of great individuals for the Challenge of Week 24: Mariah Carey!!!

Continue reading The WikiTree Challenge of “Week 24: Mariah Carey” Dec. 15-22, 2022 →
ancestors, ancestry, building a family tree, family, family historian, family history, family search, family tree, genealogy, history, source indexing, Uncategorized

Privatization of Records in Organization, Is It Necessary?

Leave a comment
My Father, Mother, and Me 1980-81 Taken at Olan Mills Photography

I recently started wondering if it is important or not to have all of my family tree public or if I should password protect a certain sections for family only. If I have it public, and it’s only unorganized screenshots, vital records and new findings I’m currently investigating, it makes my blog everywhere and all over, so I made a seperate link for that section, and, so I decided to privatize them for those that are family, extended family, and distant cousins that are also working on the same family tree so we can compare.

Continue reading Privatization of Records in Organization, Is It Necessary? →