Here’s another one of those fun connections in which I am related to a famous person and in no way qualified to inherit any money! 😉 Thomas J. Watson Jr. was head of IBM from 1956 to 1971, following the footsteps of his father Thomas Sr. Here he is alive and well, smiling for a Read more about Me and the President/CEO of IBM![…]
So I was poking around FamousKin.com (a searchable website featuring celebrities and their family trees), when I came across Kris Kardashian. I noticed her maiden name was Houghton. Hmm, I thought, I know that name, as many Houghtons are in my family tree. Next I researched my way backwards from her father (Robert True Houghton), Read more about My Kardashian Kousins-![…]
Once I mapped out my New England and Pennsylvania ancestors, I discovered I had several Revolutionary War veterans in the family! In this post I’ll concentrate on William Hayward of Massachusetts (1758-1834). Long story short, he served at various times and in various places during the war, but ended up being denied his pension benefits and Read more about A Revolutionary War ancestor: William Hayward[…]
You’ve heard the term “paper trail”, defined as “a series of documents providing written evidence of a sequence of events or the activities of a person or organization.” That, my friends, along with photographs and memories, is all we leave behind. And DNA. If you’re interested in researching those that came before you, the best Read more about Where do our ancestors hide? Accessing historical sources (pinned)[…]