April 2, 2021 When I was a baby genealogist, a distant cousin passed along some research that she’d commissioned a genealogist in England to do on our mutual ancestor James Burnett. I knew almost nothing about my second great grandfather’s life in England before he’d emigrated first to New Zealand and later to Utah. The …
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Ancestry Yearbook Suit Dismissed
March 26, 2021 You may remember that a few months ago I wrote about a lawsuit filed against Ancestry.com. Several former students from California claimed that Ancestry violated their privacy rights by posting old yearbook pictures on their website without the students’ consent. They also claimed that Ancestry was using the photos for advertising and …
St. Patrick’s Day Green and Orange
March 19, 2021 This week was St. Patrick’s Day, but I didn’t wear green to celebrate like I usually do. I’ve always worn green even though I’ve always known that my ancestors weren’t Irish. Even as a child, I knew that we were Scandinavian and English. But, when I was a child, everyone celebrated St. …