Timelines make it easy to dig deeper into the world your ancestor would have known. And, once you’ve placed an ancestor within an historical context, you begin to add flesh to bones. Knowing names and dates is one thing; understanding more of a person’s world is another. Here’s an example from my family. My great-grandmother, [...]
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Since most genealogy software can now generate timelines, I thought it would be fun to dig a little deeper into the current events of my ancestors’ lives. What a great blog topic! For example, my great-grandmother, Ella Snow, was born on 19 March, 1857. She shares a 19 March birthday with Western artist Charles Russell [...]
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Since most genealogy software can now generate timelines, I thought it would be fun to dig a little deeper into thecurrent events of my ancestors’ lives. My great-grandmother, Ella Snow, was born on 19 March, 1857. She shares a 19 March birthday with Western artist Charles Russell (1864), lawman Wyatt Earp (1848), and orator William [...]
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