Coronavirus is dominating the news. What used to scare folks? The picture above shows my Great Uncle Ralph on the big horse with his brothers Luther, and my Grandpa Virgil on the pony. The picture to left shows brothers Luther, Virgil, Clifford, and baby James. Baby James died of measles in...
Good morning fellow descendants, I recall a cousin of my mom’s years ago, asking, “so when do you say you’re done with your search? When you get back to Adam and Eve?” That is a good question, as a lot of folks like me research their family history, collecting thousands of pages...
Good morning readers and now listeners, Don’t forget to listen in every other Saturday at 1 PM CST to the “Live Your True Life” Family Historian segment on the Ashley Berges show on KBTD 1160-AM in Dallas on the USA Radio Network or look up Ashley Berges on Facebook where the...
Good morning fellow skin-wearers, Have you ever heard of "Anthropodermic Bibliopegy"? I hadn’t either, but I can assure you it is not a binding option for our beautiful Dancestors Genealogy books! Skin-bound books may sound like weird artifacts that belong in Evil Dead movies or Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. But from the 1600s to 1800s, these...
Good morning to all of you who now have the benefit of 2020 vision, This is the time of year where we make our New Year’s resolutions. One of the common resolutions is to get organized. Get rid of the clutter. Dancestors Genealogy can help with that by taking that “box or...
Good morning preservers of the family legacy, A lot of times folks ask us how to preserve their family heirlooms. Of course, our first advice is to capture a digital record of the heirloom and let’s then put that picture into Your Dancestors ancestry book, so you have it stored somewhere else....
Good morning fellow shoppers, I hope you and your family are in good spirits and health as we find ourselves in the 2019 holiday season. By the time you read this, you will have already enjoyed a big plate of food, gave thanks, and hopefully spent time with your loved ones, family,...
Good morning mortals, With my profession, I read more obituaries than most folks. None of us like to think about how someone is going to explain what we did during the “dash” as in John Smith lived from XXXX – YYYY. Unless you’re a serious planner, likely someone will have to...
Good morning to the living (who get the other 363 days), I’ve included below the link and Wikipedia article for Days of the Dead for further knowledge. This year the Days of the Dead are celebrated from October 31st until November 2nd. Of course, we all know what day falls into...
Good morning possible cousins, Most of us grew up knowing we couldn’t and shouldn’t of even think of marrying our cousins. Did we ever wonder why that was? Did we assume that’s it’s always been like that? Back in the day, how far a man could ride on horseback was often the...
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