The Search Begins for Your Family History
History tells us that Europeans immigrated to America in the late seventeenth century. Did you know that many surnames changed after the immigrants arrived in America? Most of these immigrants did not know how to read or write English. In […]
Yesterday, I was on Ancestry.com and received an email from a distant relative. She had a question about her great-great-great-grandfather, John Hetherington. She wondered if I knew his wife’s name. I answered her inquiry, and yet, there was a sentence […]
Have you ever wondered what your surname means? I found a website entitled Surname Database which listed thousands of names. When you type in your last name, the database will give you the historical meaning and origin of your name. […]