There have been many clients in the past that ask that I document my research on their family trees on Ancestry.com. As a result, I must walk them through the process of inviting me to share their tree, which can be a bit difficult if you are not familiar with the procedure. With that in … Read more
David Owen Thomas, From Wales To Virginia Blaenau Ffestiniog, Meirionnydd, Cymru, or Anglecized as Festiniog, Merioneth[shire], Wales, is a small town in north central Wales, located in the Snowdonia National Park. In the late 18th century slate was discovered in the area. The slate quarrying and mining industry that resulted brought many workers from northern … Read more
“[I]t will be beyond the skies when Jesse W. Steele, private, company G, Third Texas Infantry, kisses the lips of that ‘mother o’ mine,’ for Monday Morning at 11 o’clock he got his summons to appear before the Great General in the final court marshal.”[1] The newspaper article from the 13 February 1917 Houston Post describes how Jesse … Read more
The Elijah Edens Brick Wall Each family tree has a brick wall, and most of the time it is on one of the main paternal or maternal lines. For my family research that brick wall is Elijah Edens, born about 1810, probably in Virginia. In the more than 20 years I have been researching Elijah … Read more