Posts about surnames for genealogy research, including finding surname societies, variant spellings of surnames, and other resources.
Today's observance of the World War I Armistice centenary makes me think of my paternal great-uncle, John Loe. Uncle John served on transport troop ships during World War I. On November 11, 1918, he [...]
This post is about finding Austrian ancestors in Ladis. Long-time readers here know (probably too much!) about my multi-year genealogical pilgrimage to visit the European villages of my immigrant great-grandparents. Each of the eight [...]
Finding Ross ancestors in Edderton was the next step in my genealogy pilgrimage to the Highlands of Scotland in 2017. My husband and I were off to Easter Ross to find Little Daan, where my [...]
Pommernkontakte genealogy database is my new favorite resource. This site connects genealogists with others researching the same surnames and geographic areas in the former German province of Pomerania. The site offers both German and [...]
