Lent is drawing to a close; Easter awaits
How lucky we are in this century that opened with so much promise. We know that tomorrow we will celebrate the Risen Christ; God's promise though the Old Testament that a Messiah would come. We...
View ArticleAlleluia Christ is Risen
The golden sunrise of this morning greeting another Eastern morning - Alleluia Christ is Risen. The familiar refrain over nearly two thousand years now rises from the Churches around the world but not...
View ArticleAnother day in God's World
The day begins with a golden glow in the east; we are gifted another day in God's world. Ian White's Psalms are playing as they have pretty much all through Lent. There was a promise in the Old...
View ArticleMy largest match next to my siblings
A rather large match for a 2nd-3rd cousin that I could not place has finally been given a spot on the tree. This individual and I (and my four siblings) share the MRCA of John Blake and Ann Farmer of...
View ArticleChange in thinking with regard to matches
Initially my thought with matches was to actively pursue the likely relationship which led eventually to my phasing my grandparent's DNA (literally the DNA that each one of the four passed to my...
View ArticleTracing lines and lines that have daughtered out
My Buller line disappeared in my maternal grandmother's generation, she had three brothers in total but two died just after birth and the third did not have children. My Pincombe line disappeared in my...
View ArticleThe value of mitochondrial DNA - at least to me
Mitochondrial DNA tends to be a very slow changing DNA locked in the mitochondrial cells of the human body. It can remain the same throughout many generations or it can have mutations - either way it...
View ArticleBack up the files
I did finally get around to backing up my files and that is done. I have meant to do that for awhile. The snow is pretty much gone now although still have a stack at the front where the sun doesn't...
View ArticleContinuing with Siderfin and 65% completed
Continued with the hits for Siderfin at Find My Past and have now completed 65% and working on the Rs now. I may try to work in a few every day but now on to the Kipp Newsletter starting tomorrow....
View ArticleAn outside day
Yesterday after Church was an outside day with a little cleaning up here and there. Mostly just checking out the property and things that I need to do. My weight lifting has stood me in good stead all...
View ArticleDashing into summer with a bit of winter mixed in
As usual we are dashing into summer with a bit of winter mixed in if we actually do get any snow. But it is only April. Cleaning of basement accomplished and today the main and second floor....
View ArticleInteresting weather continuing
Another rainy day perhaps; snow was mentioned but not yet seen and we are 1 degree celsius so anything is possible. Weather in Canada in April is very unpredictable except perhaps by our wonderful...
View ArticleBusy week
This has been a busy week with my going out actually twice with the car. Groceries on one day and the other the snow tires off. If it snows now I will just stay home which I normally do most of the...
View ArticleKipp Newsletter completed and moving on
I completed the Kipp Newsletter yesterday but it came with a surprise. I have not worked on Edward's DNA matches since he passed away. The time simply escaped me and it was hard to fit it in. He has...
View ArticleBusy day with Siderfin and the R entries
I completed the R entries for Siderfin yesterday and will start on S today and there are 524 hits on Find My Past. But I am coming to the end of the alphabet sort of but still a lot to go as I was...
View ArticleEarth Day 2023 and where will we be at on Earth Day 2024
Yesterday, Earth Day 2023, was a usual April day in Canada except a little warmer perhaps than one remembers from 40+ years ago. Being transplanted from southwestern Ontario to the Eastern Ontario part...
View ArticleApril is a typical month
Rain, Rain, Rain and we know that April is its pretty typical self here in the Northern Hemisphere except for the surprise warmth - that is global warming. We must do something about that. That is...
View ArticleThe Gospels - I love the Daily Bible Reading
Every morning the Daily Bible Reading comes into my email box from the Canadian Bible Society. Today's reminds me that COVID's one plus was having Church on YouTube. Although through the ages...
View ArticleWork on Siderfin continues
I still have another few days in the month to work on Siderfin and I must remember to post the Kipp Newsletter to the Study group on the 1st of May. Yesterday I continued with the FreeBMD entries...
View ArticleFreeBMD births and deaths completed
Continuing to move through the Siderfin data that is available online with the births and deaths completed on FreeBMD. When I was first into surname studies I discovered FreeBMD and they were looking...
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