Since I began this journey into my family’s history, my family and friends find it an…
Month: January 2011
Genealogy adventures: sifting family facts from myth
One of the earliest myths around the Sheffey name that I can remember is that the…
What’s in a name #2: Getting to grips with the misspelling of names
There is another fun aspect of searching for your ancestors in historical records: the misspelling of…
What’s in a name #1: abbreviations & nicknames
Abbreviated first names one of the things to get to grips with when searching online census,…