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I have started to place just a few of the several hundred images of Heads stones I have online at Flckr. You can use these images for FREE providing they are for personal use and not commercial.

I am about to lose space, so if you think one of the people might be yours – get there quick:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ancestrycentral/sets/72157626628816782/

Please note this is a small collection of what I have from the following cemeteries, so why not contact me and check. More Information

  Genealogy and It's Evolving Door

  Yes, it is  ever evolving, to new and different dimensions.  I started when young helping my Mother Dorothy Inez Hoffman Jones, bless her soul.  We  talked to many relatives in Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada and California.  She had talked to people from: Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and maybe even from one or two from Illinois.

  No one said

I have started with my family tree and I am looking for any information about the following surnames:

Rundle (Paternal Grandfather Richard Henry)

Barlow (Paternal Grandmother Caroline Barbara)

Hurter (Maternal Grandfather  Frederik Stefanus)

Woest (Maternal Grandmother Gertina)

and

Metelerkamp (Father in Law Ivan James)

If anybody has any information about any of the above surnames please let me know.

Thank you

My DNA (E-V13) is from the Balkans and shows in Wales.  Roman auxillaries recruited in the Balkans were sent to Wales in the first century AD.  My paper trail leads to Lincolnshire, England. 

Is there any way to bridge the gap from Wales first century to England 1400s? 

Saturday 7^th May 2011 saw the start of a two day exhibition organised by the East Yorkshire Family History Society to commemorate Kingston Upon Hull's worst night of the 1941 blitz. The exhibition was held at Carnegie Heritage Centre and with the help of volunteer groups such as the Heroes of Hull Web Site. The exhibition itself was an overwhelming success with the several hundred opening day visitors being treated to a flypast  by a  Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire, which many watche

  Genealogy Conferences  Duel Positions

 I read Janet H. comments recently and it was a very interesting and brought to mind lots of thoughts.

 So I waited a few days until I could get them put in smoothly in my mind.

 That does not happen often. I learned when young my brain is wired different than many and so my thoughts are many times to fast for the proper exposure to society. 

 Janet, first I look forward to seeing you each time you are at Jamboree. I love to hear the things you bring up and

Just a few images of the images I have taken of the General Cemetery in Sheffield, Yorkshire and also the church yard at All Saints in Newton Heath,Manchester, Lancashire.

With about 700 images, and  over 1000 names still to upload, I am now looking at an alternative location as my Flckr account is about to reach its full extent. Ii is my hope that a new web page will provide an easy search function.

This is the second year that Texas Monthly has hosted a short film contest during the annual Austin Film Festival. The contest provides a platform for Texans to share their Texas pride by making a film 10 minutes or less about Texas, your experiences in Texas or other insights into our amazing state. You do not have to be from Texas in order to enter, and you do not have to film this in Texas but it must be about Texas. Pretty simple right?

The deadline for submission is June 1st, 2011, so you do

There's a lot of buzz around the various genealogy sites and societies about the 2011 census. You will remember in 2006 the Government in it's infinite wisdom decided to give people the option of "opting out" of having their census records released in 92 years. A truly nightmarish thought for any genealogy researcher.
This year, the big debate of course has been the long form and the ability to opt in or out of that. To me the difference between the two is like getting a statutory record vs a pa

In my quest to upload as many images of headstones as I can shake a stick at uploaded are another 11 headstones featuring 23 names from 4 counties.

Featuring the names Huyton, Dawson, Brown, Archer, Almond, Pickworth, Swift, Baily, Bailey, Garbutt, Knowlson and Thompson. From Ampleforth, Chorley and Kingston Upon Hull, featuring three counties; East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire , Lincolnshireand Lancashire.

Headstone tag of the day ‘We shall meet beyond the River’

Headstone Hunters

  I just came off the Facebook page that is assisting people to inter link with the lost threads of their lives or their deceased familes lives. They are finding and sharing: scraps of photos, crochet work, quilting, photo albums, wedding pictures, Graduation shots, family scenes, picnic and fun events. 

 Since a quilt shop was destroyed and she held many quilts on display, I noticed in the talks that some were aware that there was a Quilt Shop damaged. Others just found them and had no clue whom

Late last year I started a family genealogy tree on Geni.com and blogged about what exactly Geni is.

Recently my parents were in town visiting and my dad and I sat down for a couple of hours at Geni.com, armed with an old genealogical tree that I had roughly put together about 20 years ago. My intention was to get the remaining tree fleshed out with correct names, spouses, and any other information my dad might have. Both my parents are in their 80s and since many branches of our family tree are

For anyone who is interested, on May 21st, the Eiteljor g  Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana is sponsoring a full day of activities and speakers about Native American history, genealogy and DNA.  Of the two DNA presentations, one is an intro which would be of interest to anyone at the beginner level and the second is relevant to Native and African DNA.

http://www.eiteljorg.org/ejm_whatshappening/SpecialEvents/details.asp?id=3030

Roberta Estes

Thanks Roberta.  Sure hope lots go and some one that will

Genealogy has been a huge part of my life. I have a passion for my own research and a passion for teaching others how to search for their genealogical treasures. I have friends who have been able to break down their brick walls thanks to my counseling and thanks to my education in genealogy I have been able to break down the most stubborn brick walls in my own family tree.

A new opportunity has opened for me to not only expand on my own genealogical education, but also for me to help others expa

These recent images capture the essence of a thriving City centre in Victorian Britain. Each one represents the life and livelihood of our past ancestors and the City’s history from William Gill the shoe maker who operated at 34 Bishop Lane to the now infamous Brown family of High Street. Slave abolitionist William Wilberforce walked these cobbled streets to and from his home and in 1642 the stench of treason would have choked any blue blooded royalist in the City.

The Ancestral Homes of Kingsto

I have hit a brick wall and need some help! My great-grandmother, Teodora Chavez, was born in Solomonville in 1881. This is prior to birth records being priority. I have found on her children birth records that her parents were German Chavez & Maria Nieto..both supposedly of Solomonville. I have traveled there and met with parrish priest who advised me the town was actually called Pueblo Viejo at that time and that the land was Apache & immigrants from Dona Ana, NM. I have search all census reco