Every now and then I go back and do a little more family research, hoping to break early brick walls and looking to break new ground. I got a little over excited a few days ago when one of the leaves (hints) on Ancestry.com led me to other people’s trees, showing that one of my ancestors (a Major Ralph Hart who might have fought in the French and Indian War) was descended from a Eustace Hart and a Mary de…
Third post in as many months, such a huge difference from the old days when I had to contain myself to keep from writing two in a day, and that was because I didn’t want to be one of THOSE bloggers who blogged every time they went to the bathroom. But this? My own little pace? Infrequent is an understatement. I could have lived a thousand lifetimes between now and the last time I posted. Instead, I had an uncle…
I’ve been researching my family tree. I’ve always wanted to do it, but what finally spurred me on was Nikki‘s announcement that she had tracked her family line back to 100 A.D. I don’t expect to be able to go as far back as that. Nikki had a head start, what with her aunt already having given her generations of information on their family. Meantime, I don’t think much of my family were the types to write down all their…