When I was in the third grade, I rode my bike to school, and all the way there my mind roamed the universe—castles and knights, cowboys, sports, outer space and comic book characters–but not one thought was given to school. I wasn’t interested in school. It was only an irritant and a constant interruption of [...]
Death is another milestone on their way. With laughter on their lips and with winds blowing round them Stephen Spender (1909-1995) Once you start to track an ancestor or an ancestress, you need information about the significant events in his or her life. This means the date and place he or she was born, married, [...]
It’s maddening. You’re hot on the trail of one of your most interesting ancestors. Everything is falling into place, and you’re as excited as a hound chasing a rabbit, when all of a sudden your ancestor just disappears. You can’t find any trace of him after a certain time. All of your leads have run [...]
It’s the first place you should look when you begin researching your family history. Unless your relative is a celebrity, it’s probably the most convenient biographical summary you are likely to find about his or her life. It contains innumerable bits of information, along with names and locations of the person’s immediate relatives. What is [...]
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