DNA Helps Break Down Brick Walls
Research Had Come to a Dead End The most exciting DNA matches, for me, are the ones that help break down a brick wall. The first one that comes to mind is that of my Read More …
Tag: IRELAND (Surname not country)
AtoZChallenge Worser Bay – things we may never know
I found this photograph of Worser Bay at the online digital collection of images at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa where I occasionally look for images as I do not have many Read More …
AtoZChallenge Veteran – Remembering on Anzac Day
The term veteran is often used to mean someone that has returned from war. Unfortunately not all return. Remembering them on Anzac Day Today, the 25 April, marks the anniversary of the landing of New Read More …
AtoZChallenge Three Cousins Need Quality Research
When the #genealogyphotoaday prompt was three I posted this photo I received from a distant cousin. Today I share it for the letter T in the April 2019 A to Z Blogging Challenge. AtoZChallenge Three Read More …
AtoZChallenge Great Grandmothers Deathly Coincidence
G for Great Grandmothers This AtoZChallenge Great Grandmothers, reports a coincidence on the date of death for Amelia Bretel and Mary Scott McDonald. Both occurred on the 7th of March. On the 7th Match in Read More …
AtoZChallenge Ernest – Slowdown when digging in archives
Next, I am sharing a post and picture of Ernest James Ireland, my grandmother’s brother. AtoZChallenge Ernest James Ireland The photo is from Ronald Jamieson Bell and Nellie Ireland’s wedding photo in 1906. Nellie was Read More …
How one of my childhood sweets lead to a gene discovery
Genealogy Photo a Day via Instagram – Day 3 Sweets. When I was a kid one of my favourite childhood sweets was a thing called a chocolate fish. So you knew what they looked like Read More …