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My 11th Great Aunt – Pocahontas

A while back I signed up on the Mormon genealogy site, FamilySearch.org.  It is free, and has a ton of contributors.  Of course, like any crowd source data, it is not free of errors…and on occasion I have thought wishful thinking.   However, both sides of my family have been in this country since Europeans first step foot on these shores.  This is especially true on my father’s side that has many tentacles traceable to very ancient European and British Isle ancestors.

I had stumbled across this connection by myself, but FamilySearch sent me an email about connections to famous people, including Continue reading “My 11th Great Aunt – Pocahontas”

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Family Reunion Time???

I recently joined FamilySearch.org, a genealogy site ran by the Mormons aka The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-Day Saints.  It is really a wonderful genealogy tool and free… at least I have not stumbled across anything I need to pay for.

Several genealogy sites/organizations have joined together and are having a RootsTech conference, both physically and virtually March 2nd and 3rd. I have been receiving emails about it with the  snippet above from one coming in yesterday.

While the vast majority of my cousins are wonderful souls, 14,626 might be a little overwhelming! And given my semi-hermit introverted nature, ¡Ay caramba!

The derriere you see running away from the mass of 14,626 is mine. Insert your favorite smiley face here.

And so it goes.