In my most recent blog post about a family with eight children surviving to adulthood, I almost wrote that there […]
Surviving to Adulthood
Today I’m spotlighting a very unusual family for their time: eight of eleven children survived to adulthood! Estienne Leveillé and […]
On the Move
Finding all the members of a particular family is a challenge when the family moved around a lot. Why couldn’t […]
Three Sets of Twins
When I was a kid I used to hear old folks and my teachers talk about how “back in the […]
Wet-Nurses
The Not-So-Good Old Days Back in the early 2000s when I was having my children, I read a lot of […]
Mistaken Identity or Identity Theft?
I stumbled into an intriguing little problem in my family tree recently. My 5th great-grandparents, Pierre Prejean and Marie Louise […]
Unique Signature Marks Help Solve the Case
If you had to sign a document or parish register and you were illiterate, you made your mark. Most people […]