On this last day of the year, I first want to wish everyone a safe and happy new year celebration! Secondly, I want to say a huge Thank You! January 2nd will be the “blog-iversary” of The Rootyard Porter and my very first post. It’s been an amazing year and I’ve been so happy to … Continue reading »
As we approach the end of the year things seems to get busier and busier and I wanted to share some new and exciting stuff going on here at The Rootyard Porter. I’ve recently expanded the genealogy services offered and you can mouse over the Genealogy Services tab at the top of the page to … Continue reading »
Since my last post in early June, I’ve been a busy genealogist! Studying and working on my lessons for the NGS graded home-study course to prepare for BCG certification, as well as finding lots of great new resources, like The Legal Genealogist blog and signing up for this awesome APG webinar. I’ve also been working … Continue reading »
Hello all! May has been a busy month and I can’t believe it’s already June! Most of last month was spent on the genealogy narrative report contest and promoting my genealogy services. Now I’m finally ready to get back into regular posts about my research (look for a new post later today!). Updates I was … Continue reading »
The winner of the Facebook contest, Ames Hall, had some very lovely things to say about the narrative I wrote about his great-great-grandmother! Thanks to Ames for sharing his family with me and for these wonderful words. It was a joy to write! My friend, Sara, brings dead people to life. A week or so … Continue reading »
The results of the contest are in, but first thank you so much to everyone who “Liked” The Rootyard Porter on Facebook! 25 people entered (which is amazing!), but there can be only one winner and that person is…(drum roll please…) Ames Hall!! Ames will receive a free narrative report about one of his ancestors … Continue reading »
This year is sneaking by me so fast and I can’t believe it’s already the middle of April! I’ve just launched The Rootyard Porter Facebook page, where I can post all those little things I want to share while saving the blog for the longer research narratives. On the Facebook page you can stay up … Continue reading »
Hello all! Received some great updates from Ancestry.com on the status of the 1940 census images. Make sure you check this out and let me know if you need any assistance finding your family in 1940! …Nevada and Delaware became our first two fully-indexed states in the 1940 Census on Ancestry.com. This means you can … Continue reading »
Where are the Stanges in my Family Tree and who is Carl? The Stange Family falls on my husband’s side and Carl Stange is my husband’s great-grandfather. What I’ve Found: The Vitals – Carl Gotthard Anderson Stange was born on 11 April 1872 near Stockholm, Sweden to Anders and Charlotte Anderson. He immigrated to America … Continue reading »
Happy weekend, everyone! I wanted to share some exciting things that have happened over the last couple of days. You may have a noticed a new badge on the sidebar over there…I’m now an Ancestry.com Ace! This program means that I will get first notice about new information and content for Ancestry.com, including the release … Continue reading »
Hello all! My love of genealogy just can’t contain itself anymore. My inner voice is directing me!…Must. Share. With. Others. This newest endeavor is to help you connect with your ancestors. It’s all great fun to see how many generations of your family can be traced back, but in doing that sometimes we get lost. … Continue reading »
Anna Elizabeth Davis was my grandmother on my mother’s side and we were very close. She always went by Anne, so that’s how I’ll be referring to her. Anne was born on 18 February 1927 in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire – but to whom she was born and raised is an interesting story. My mother … Continue reading »
Since I last posted about the Beatty family, I’ve made some interesting discoveries. I haven’t yet answered all of the research questions at the end of each post, but I have made a bit of progress on a few. Clifford Leseur Beatty One of the tasks that remained for Clifford L Beatty was to search … Continue reading »
Well, we’re finally to the last installment of the Wives of the Beatty Family! This time we’ll be looking at the life of Mary Helen Lazarus’ mother, Justine Smith… Justine Smith The vitals – Justine Smith was born in about 1843 in Pennsylvania. I haven’t found concrete birth records for her, so this information is … Continue reading »
Now for Part 3 of the Wives of the Beatty Family! This time we’ll be looking at the life of Helen Marion Dickover’s mother, Mary Helen Lazarus… Mary Helen Lazarus The vitals – Mary Helen Lazarus was born on 5 Aug 1869 in Pittston, PA. She married Cecil Clay Dickover on 4 Sep 1894 in … Continue reading »
