Family Tree Road Blocks

Lately, I haven't been finding the information that I have been seeking. This is a huge deterrent in my overall genealogy research. Why can't I find what I need? Am I looking in the wrong places? I'm thinking so, at this point. So what do I do now? Keep forging on! Go, Go, Go!! Right now, I've been searching the Sutherland part of my family branch and have come to a detour of sorts. I've tried multiple search engines and keep coming up with the same sites that I've seen a hundred times over. What do you do when the road seems to have come to a...

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Genealogy Services~ Ways to Protect Yourself From Being a Scam Victim

There are many reputable Genealogy web sites you can go to, but unfortunately there has been some not so savory websites that focus on what they get from you, and not what you can gain from them. They make fraudulent claims to sucker you in. They get your money for a "membership" and you get? NADA. No results. Guess what? 'You just got scammed!' Pathetic really, but how do you protect yourself from these types of predators that promise you everything,...

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My Day at the Byodo- In Temple

Yesterday was a great day off from my genealogy research that I have been doing practically nonstop. I just wanted to share my day with you! Located at the foot of the Ko'olau mountains in the Valley of the Temples of Kahaluu, Hawaii. The day was perfect and serene; even though it's a popular attraction for visitors to the island of Oahu, being that I live here, I just wanted to go anyway. It's not too far away from my home in Kailua; so it was...

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Searching For the Root of Your Family Tree...

Are you ready to throw in the towel? Have you come to, what seems an endless brick wall? Are you looking at the big picture or just an element of that picture? If the wall seems endless, are you able to go around it? No? Then climb over it! There's always a different way to approach an obstacle, than the one that seems to be right in front of your face. In my experience with my family tree, I have faced plenty of obstacles! But there has to be a...

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My Experience With the Family History Quick Start Mini-Course (Series) Lessons 6-8*

Continuing on with the mini-course (Family History Quick Start), in lesson 6, I learned that some programs aren't   the best for creating a family tree, such as Word Perfect. If you remember Word Perfect, you may recall that Microsoft Word couldn't open Word Perfect files, and if you had a disc with a document created with the program you didn't have, you were out of luck trying to read the document. How frustrating...

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Canute the Great~ Viking King

Canute the Great was my 11th great grandfather, I must say it took me a long time to acknowledge the relationship as being true, but I still need to get the documentation to prove it. There are many web pages that have much information on his life and history as King of England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden. Canute the Great was born circa 994 and died circa 1035 in Shaftsbury, in Dorset and was buried at the Winchester Cathedral, where his...

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William Canute

William Canute was my 8th great grandfather who was born circa 1669 in Southampton, England; his death date is unknown to me at this time. He married Elizabeth Canute Cornutt in 1695 (she was 26 years old at the time) and had a daughter by the name of Ann(e) Canute Cornutt, born 1697. William Canute shares the same exact name with his father, who was born circa 1606-1626, exact birth date is unknown. The father (William Canute) died circa 1680.  Image...

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Clan Sutherland

Family research is ultimately, a voyage of great discovery. Full of intrigue and fascinating history, it's a pastime that will reward you many times over. You need to fully gain an understanding of what your heritage is all about, not just by researching in the comforts of your home, but by getting first hand accounts by visiting the places your ancestors have come from. I understand that many of you cannot just pick up and go anywhere...

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A Taste of Scotland

I have always wanted to visit Scotland but now that I've discovered that my ancestors lived there once upon a time, it makes me want to go even more. Just to be able to walk the land as they did hundreds of years ago, the culture that surrounded them, their lifestyles, and even the food they they may have eaten. I want to experience Scotland's history and their culture, I want to stand on the picturesque landscapes where my ancestors may have stood,...

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My Experience With the Family History Quick Start Mini-Course (Series) DAY 3

The fourth lesson of the Family History Quick Start Mini Series explains how to add 30 generations to your family tree with some amount of ease. As you probably know by now, research can be fun but also time consuming; researching can be hard work at times. Although time and work aren't necessarily bad things, but sometimes you might wish that you could alter the one and automate the other. Well there is a genealogy tool that you can use to help you speed up your research and automate the work involved. It's called One...

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Sir Francis Bryan I

 Aloha! I hope everyone is having a great day, wherever you may be. Currently, it is 8 a.m. here in Hawaii, and I can see it's going to be another beautiful day! I have just been taking it easy with the multiple postings each day, but some days I just get really chatty on the subject of genealogy. Currently, I am utilizing multiple resources to build upon my Cornett family tree. A few days has passed since I started using the Ancestry.com...

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Harthacanute

Harthacanute, also known as Hardeknud or Hardacanute, was my 10th great grandfather who was born in 1018 of Denmark and died June 8, 1042 in London, Middlesex, England. By these calculations, he must have died when he was only 24 years of age. Please Note:Below is information taken from the New World Encyclopedia in which I found an article on Harthacanute. I hope you enjoy reading this, as I did. "Harthacanute (Canute the Hardy,...

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Genealogy Search- Have You Hit the Proverbial Brick Wall?

Throughout the years of searching for your genealogical roots, I'm sure many of you have come to a brick wall in your searches. I know I have a time or two! How are you conducting your searches? The obvious answer would most likely be Google. I "Google" everything from computer problems to issues I may have with my car! You name it and Google has it; or do they? In recent news articles, genealogists have depended upon Google Archives to base some...

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My Experience With the Family History Quick Start Mini-Course (Series) DAY 2

The Family History Quick Start course that I started on Saturday continues. So basically, the course is just a newsletter that tells you how to do certain things, or at least it has been so far. Today, I have pretty much been asked to create a hierarchy of folders (which I already know) how to create the file names and so on. But anyone can create a folder on their computer right? Well, that's not exactly what I am trying to get at here. It's the way you create your structure and what you name it that counts in today's lesson. It's all about organizing...

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