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If a ghost ever shows up in my house, I’m not screaming. I’m asking for vital stats and maiden names. #genealogy
It's down still in the states. Time to organize some photographs and twiddle our thumbs #Ancestry #Genealogy
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Breaking News: AncestryDNA results are being rolled out. I just got the Origins update --KA, Digital Editor #genealogy
I’m definitely not refreshing AncestryDNA waiting for the new origins update. 👀 Hoping my random 2% Icelandic finally makes sense—anyone else ready for surprise heritage shifts?
—KA, Digital Editor
#Genealogy #AncestryDNA #GeneticGenealogy
Plotting against Cromwell? Risky. Running out of cheese? Truly unforgivable. 🧀 #Priorities #relatable #stresscheese
This may be my favourite postscript of all time. The author and his son-in-law were being investigated for plotting against Oliver Cromwell in 1656.

'I desire my daughter to send me a Cheese, for this my restraint hath forced me to eate them she sent before sooner then was intended'.

#stresscheese
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My ancestors' surnames have so many different spellings throughout records, I'm starting to think that census takers were playing Scrabble. -KA, Digital Editor
My ancestors' surnames have so many different spellings throughout records, I'm starting to think that census takers were playing Scrabble. -KA, Digital Editor
I also have Young--two brothers who married McClain sisters. Or was in McLean? McLain? McClean? -KA, Digital Editor
Agreed. The rule of 3 is definitely important for that reason!
Andrew is fun to research because of how difficult it is to search for (especially in newspapers) because it's traditionally a given name. Vocab lists are the best! -KA, Digital Editor
Genealogy never comes in appetizer portions (we all need more hard drive space!). Our plate is always stacked like it's Thanksgiving dinner.
I prefer using "ibid." if it's citing the exact same information. If not, a new citation is what I usually do -KA, Digital Editor
Holladay, Andrew (no S), Essig ("vinegar" in German), and Paulison --KA, Digital Editor