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Family History Writing: Telling Our Stories
Posted on December 15, 2025 2 Comments
Writing about oneself, especially in retrospect, is always a dangerous undertaking. Do you tell the truth and risk being seen in a bad light? Or do you soften the edges to make it more palatable? Will it be considered your own brand of narcissistic, revisionist drivel or worse yet will it mean a damn thing […]
Writing Challenge: Choose Your Own Adventure Genealogy Style
Posted on September 19, 2025 Leave a Comment
First crossroads. Heaven, hell or purgatory. Your choice. Second crossroad. Which ancestor will you choose? Third quest. You will have 20 minutes to come up with a list of questions to ask your chosen ancestor. This may be a brick wall ancestor and your first question is where were you born? Or who were your […]
Celtic Origins
Posted on September 1, 2025 Leave a Comment
Apologies to my faithful readers. I took a break after the death of my best genealogy friend, Jean to process what her life and loss means to me. I have found that I cannot be creative on demand, and must wait for inspiration and the imperative juices to flow. Sometimes all that it takes is […]
What you are Missing if you Aren’t Using Family Search for your Genealogy
Posted on June 18, 2025 2 Comments
This is written for my Genealogy class and most of it is a repetition of resources found on FamilySearch.org however it is a curated list and aimed at beginners that do not know where to start at Family Search or those more advanced who have not mined all the great resources that are available there. […]
Fleshing out the Story: Context Matters
Posted on January 26, 2025 1 Comment
How do we go from avid genealogist to storyteller? How do we bring a single ancestor back to life? How do we take a set of facts, essential the bones of our ancestors life, and tell their story as a three dimensional ancestor that you want others to know more about? Research of course! There’s […]
TILDEN’s of Kent, England
Posted on January 2, 2025 5 Comments
In my last blog post Traveling for Genealogy I chronicled my research into the TILDEN family of Benenden, Kent. I decided to do a deeper dive and as usual found some interesting connections. One of the places we are to stay and visit is Leeds Castle. So let’s dive in to a bit of ancient […]
NEWSPAPER RESOURCES FOR GENEALOGISTS
Posted on December 7, 2024 4 Comments
Note: this will also be posted as a static Page under the RESOURCES TAB to make it easy to find. If you haven’t availed yourself of Newspapers to fill in tidbits of you ancestors lives you could be in for a real treat. Everything from recitals to accidents to winning prizes in the County Fair. […]
Estate Planning for Family Historians & Genealogists
Posted on August 2, 2024 2 Comments
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Should all your work go into the circular file? None of us are immortal but the least we can do is create a plan for our research, books and heirlooms to go somewhere. No guarantees but the time to find a landing place for your legacy is now. I […]
Irish Genealogy Resources
Posted on March 2, 2024 3 Comments
This is a page of resources I have put together for my Genealogy Class. I hope they may be of interest to a broader audience as well. Some of these are pretty obscure so I hope that it expands your list of Irish resources. HINT: Finding Irish Origins for Immigrants In general there are two […]
Maps & Mapping Resources for Genealogists and Family Historians
Posted on February 19, 2024 3 Comments
If you are a regular Wheaton Wood blog post follower you will know I love maps. For my genealogy class I compiled some of my favorite Map resources below. In general I use out of copyright maps and those that are as close to the time frame as when my ancestors lived in a location […]
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