Category: Genealogy

Week 2 went very well last night! All were in attendance and we covered a lot of ground. Everyone did their “homework” and turned it in on time… They all had to fill out their own pedigree charts to at least 3 generations. I think they learned quite a bit about their families and some…
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One of the biggest mistakes made by someone getting started in their family research is failing to recognize alternative spellings of a family name. I should know….I’m one of them! From a very young age, I thought the name “Robison” was special somehow. I don’t know how, I just thought that it was. There were no other…
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With my maternal lines coming from New England (and probably over 90% from Massachusetts) and my paternal lines coming from Tennessee and Alabama, it’s no small wonder that I have ancestors on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.  I have great grandparents who arrived on board the Mayflower…John Howland, Sr in 1620…or aboard the Fortune….William…
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