Dec 26, 2023 | Advice, Research Tales
One of my recommendations before writing a family history is to “clean up your tree”. What does that look like? Join me as I start work on my third family history book, based on my mother’s paternal grandmother, Lena Catherine Birenbaum. The first...
Jan 26, 2023 | Research Tales
My Schmidt ancestors really liked naming their kids “Julius” and “Traugott”. While fun for them, honoring fathers and godfathers and such, it makes for a bit of a mess, genealogically speaking. I’m in the final edits of my second family...
Nov 21, 2022 | Advice, DNA, Research Tales
Many people choose to get their DNA tested on a whim, or a vague desire to know more about their ethnic heritage (oof, the accuracy of this is so suspect – but that’s a topic for another day). But it’s often difficult to know where to go after that....
