by The Hidden Branch | Nov 23, 2021 | Ambassadors, Biographies
My genealogy journey started young. My maternal grandparents moved to Tenerife (Canary Islands) when I was four and left all of the family memorabilia (mainly from my grandfather’s side of the family) with my mother. So, when I was a child, I was introduced to some of...
by The Hidden Branch | Nov 9, 2021 | Ambassadors, Biographies
My genealogy awakening happened over a number of years. As a teenager I was fascinated by old books showing views of the town I lived in from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but I don’t remember really thinking about my ancestors until I was in my...
by The Hidden Branch | Oct 26, 2021 | Ambassadors, Biographies
Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A. Lisa Alzo I began researching my roots in 1991. I wish I could say that some family experience, medical reason, or curiosity inspired me to search for my Slovak ancestors, but to tell the truth I became a genealogist quite by accident. I was in my...
by John Boeren | Oct 5, 2021 | Ambassadors, Biographies
My interest in family history started more than 40 years ago. As a child I would read books about royal families. For example the Dutch Orange-Nassau family, the English Tudors, the French Bourbons and the Habsburg family in Spain and Austria. I collected names and...
