Are you ready to start emailing your Ancestry DNA matches? Let’s discuss some basic genealogy etiquette to help you get the most out of your emails.

Have you ever wondered how you’re related to someone? What exactly is a second cousin? What does it mean to be a third cousin twice removed? Cousin relationships are complex, and keeping them straight is a difficult task. This chart will help you determine the relationship of two people in a family tree.

William de Aldeburgh, First Baron, (1322-1387) was a 14th-century English nobleman and the builder of the Harewood Castle. He was the son of Ives de Aldeburgh, a prominent soldier in the Scottish Wars.

If you’ve ever been to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina I’m sure you’ve heard the story of Kissie Sykes. The legend tells of a woman, who’s children’s remains were moved, and she walks the flight line at night in search of her children. With my research, I was able to debunk this story.

In the pre-dawn hours of February 29, 1704 a party of French soldiers and about 200 Iriqious, Abenaki, Huron, and Mohawk Indians staged a raid on the city of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Their goal was to devastate the village, and they succeeded.

Doris Marie {Schaefer} Toth was born in the Bronx, NY in 1927, died in Daytona Beach, FL in 2020.