Who Do You Think You Are Previewing February 4

" Who Do You Think You Are" premieres Friday, Feb. 4, at 8pm EST on NBC
I am looking forward to seeing the the season.

First time out I did not think I would get hooked.. just a bunch of rich stars .. but that did not last. I was instantly hooked on their family stories and history.

You can read the whole article from genealogy insider about the new season.

Kudrow talked about the value of personalizing history with stories like those featured on the show. You might think history was just something that happened to strangers a long time ago, but when you see how it affected your family, it has so much more impact.
“I hope it’s a history lesson for people, and I hope it inspires them to ask questions,” Williams said.
I love the history part. This is what I would like to put behind my research. Right now I am reading a book on " The Irish Family Album " by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.


This book helps me understand the time and the social issues surrounding her and any other Irish family I may have leaving Ireland and coming to America.

I am looking forward to new season of " Who Do You Think You Are " and reading more of my book.

Finding My Family History on Ancestry.com

I have been spending some time during the evenings on http://www.ancestry.com/. This is a great place to meet distant cousins. I have now hooked up with a cousin on both sides of my mother's family.

First is Nancy her grandfather and my grandfather were brothers.

This picture is my grandpa Bill

Next there is Sylvia, her great grandmother and my great grandmother on my mother's mother's side were sisters.

This is my great grandmother Katherine

Nancy and I have been contacting each other through emails since first contact. We plan to meet next time I am in Minnesota. Since she is in Minneapolis area and has contact to the Historical society she has found the newspaper article telling of the murder of George Day October 26, 1928.
George was my grandfather's uncle and was a watchman on the docks of Duluth.

Because of Nancy I have a copy of his death certificate and other family member's death certificates.

Sylvia and I have just made contact. I will be able to get a better idea of her great grandmother's family from her family tree on www.ancestry.com

I have so much more to tell you, but for now I have to leave and go to work. Till later Grace

Black Sheep Sunday ? Murder ? Maybe a Pirate to Add to the Story

Black Sheep Sunday is a posting that some genealogists do on Sunday's . I have never participated before and can not think of any proven black sheep at this time in my family.

How do you find if you have a black sheep in the family? Search family records, letters, search court records.

No family history has been passed down except for maybe " I think Bill was Murder by his brother in law. " This is not known or proven, but aunt Mary did have a feeling and a suspicion.

How would you try or want to prove this murder when it happened over 80 years ago. There is no way to prove it but it is whispered still. Mary whispered it to her sister. Her sister whispered it to her daughter, my grandmother. My grandmother whispered it to her children and one of them whispered it to me. I will eventually whisper it to my children and grandchildren.

Of course I can not name names because there is no proof. Only Mary's feelings and maybe she was a little sensitive to things going on around her.



Now on hubby's side of the family. No proof but, there has been stories passed down for generations that he had a pirate on his father's side. This pirate probably was a bad pirate, causing so much trouble. Family talk is that he was finally hung at Tripoli. Who knows but another fun black sheep to pass down to the grandchildren.. And for sure a better story than I think Bill was murder by .....



Thanks for stopping by... Do you have any black sheep in your family? I would love to hear your stories.. Grace

Grandma Katherine and Her Guardian Angel

I have this wonderful vintage picture that hangs over my bed. It is called " The Guardian Angel". It once belonged to my great grandmother Katherine. I was told it hung over her bed and now has been handed down to me.

Vintage treasures that belonged to our ancestors are the best treasures I think. Money can buy new things but they have no value to me compared to knowing my great grandmother once held this picture in her hands.

Katherine was my grandma Grace's mother. She was born to Irish parents who came to America after the potato famine in Ireland. Lived almost all of her life in Minnesota , the last years in Mora.

This is Katherine with her husband Appleton.