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...
by Sophie Haire | Aug 6, 2021 | Biographies
My 3rd great grandmother, Agnes Morrison, is my most recent Scottish ancestor. Discovering this for the first time brought me some excitement as I’d never found an ancestor born outside of England before her. However, when I began to delve into her life, exploring her...
by Daniel Loftus | Daniel's Genealogy | Jul 2, 2021 | Biographies
One thing I don’t really do very often is actually tell the story of my ancestors. But this one I found quite interesting was the story of my great grandmother. (NOTE: Cáit is the Irish for Kate which is a version of Catherine) So let’s start as the very...
