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A Few More Good Books
August 28, 2020 Last week I wrote about a few books based on surprising DNA results. This week I thought I’d mention a few more books that deal with family history. They’re stories of an individual who learned of a family secret and how that changed their lives. While not strictly genealogical, these books rely …
A Few Good Book
August 21, 2020 After nearly six months spending most of my time at home, I’m rapidly arriving at a point that I thought would be impossible: I’m actually losing my motivation to do genealogy. It’s not that I’m not interested in finding out more about some of my long lost ancestors. I’m still as focused …
Ancestry Bought by Blackstone
August 14, 2020 For the last week or so the genealogy blogs have been full of the news that a 75% share of Ancestry was recently purchased by Blackstone, an investment group. Bloggers such as Judy Russell, Randy Seaver, Roberta Estes and many more have all written blogs describing the details and what they think …