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Text Only Documents in Your Family Tree

by Donna Wakenight/August 13, 2019/Genealogy Records

In 2010, I began researching my Aldous ancestors. Many were born in the county of Suffolk, England. As I built my tree “back into time,” I noticed there were few records for people living in the 18th century. James Aldous […]

Finding the Mother of an Abandoned Infant

by Donna Wakenight/July 9, 2019/Family History

This year I revisited some of my Aldous ancestors on Ancestry.com. In my search, I came across a marriage record for Herbert Lemon Aldous and Susan Oldham. As you can see, the document is missing one piece of vital information. […]

The Many Variations of the Surname Wakenight

by Donna Wakenight/April 25, 2019/Surnames

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 […]

Benefits of the 1939 England and Wales Register

by Donna Wakenight/April 4, 2019/Genealogy Records

About five years ago, I had created a profile for Charles William Aldous on Ancestry.com. He was born in 1906 and, at that time, there were few records available to add to his life’s story. I had found him on […]

Finding Your Ancestor on the England Census Records

by Donna Wakenight/March 27, 2019/Family Tree

Have you ever “lost” an ancestor while searching the England census records? There are many reasons that you can lose the trail of an ancestor: They moved to another area or immigrated to another country. They changed their names to […]

Correcting My Family Tree Mistakes

by Donna Wakenight/March 13, 2019/Family Tree

I have been an Ancestry.com member since 2008 and enjoy building my family trees on their website. They have a vast amount of records that you can search and are adding to their collections each month. One of the perks […]

The Trick to Searching Genealogy Records

by Donna Wakenight/February 7, 2019February 7, 2019/Genealogy Records

I have been building my family trees on Ancestry.com since 2008. When I first started searching for records on their website, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to grow my tree. The little leaves (or hints) helped […]

Searching for Your Family History

by Donna Wakenight/December 5, 2018February 7, 2019/Family History

Have you ever hit the “brick wall” while trying to find genealogical records on an ancestor? The farther back in history you search, the scarcer the documentation becomes. I had the same dilemma when searching for Daniel Wakenight, who was […]

How to Find Your Elusive Ancestor

by Donna Wakenight/November 7, 2018February 7, 2019/Family Tree

While building your family tree, sometimes you hit the proverbial “brick wall.” You can be tracking your ancestor through census records and vital records when suddenly the person seems to disappear! I have had that happen many times and found […]

Do You Have a Border Reiver in Your Family Tree?

by Donna Wakenight/September 5, 2018September 5, 2018/Family History, Surnames

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 […]

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  • Finding the Mother of an Abandoned Infant
  • The Many Variations of the Surname Wakenight
  • Benefits of the 1939 England and Wales Register
  • Finding Your Ancestor on the England Census Records

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