This is the story of my 33rd(!) great-grandmother, Judith Martel (844-870 C.E.). That was her English name; she was also known as Judith of France, and as Judith of Flanders. We are related through my paternal grandmother, Anna Moen, according to the research of cousin Orrin Moen. Judith was the…
Those Pilgrims just keep on giving! I first found the connection, and those first 70 ancestors, on my last shift at the LDS center before holiday break. Today, I found another 20-30 direct ancestors via the same Colby – New England connection (ancestors of Dan Myers). These include at least…
I scrambled to put the 70 new ancestors I found yesterday(!) into my master file before leaving home for holiday tomorrow. I am threatening to take our laptop along; if I make good, I may update next week, otherwise not. Anyway, the revised “big pedigree” for Dan Myers is now…
Apropos to the holiday season, I just busted open a whole new package of my ancestors. Not Larsons (sorry), but by my maternal grandfather, Dan Myers. Today, I explored for the first time the pedigree of Helen Colby Myers, Dan’s mother. It turns out that the Colby line (along with…
There is a veritable explosion of new genealogy websites, with data reaching far back into antiquity. And the further back you go, the higher the probability of common ancestors. Thanks to several newly discovered websites, I was able to trace the ancestry of my great-grandmother Anne Samuelsdatter (which I share…