Elyse's Genealogy Blog

We all know that current events effect our lives. Such events can make important decisions in our lives – or at least change our perspective. As we hunt to find our ancestors, current events are always something to think about when we are considering why our ancestors did something (like move to another state or [...]

I was surfing the web today, reading different blog articles. I love to do this because there are so many interesting stories out there, not to mention all the great stuff you can learn. I read one article that discussed the St. Louis Genealogical Society and the website they have. Since I have some ancestors [...]

As I sat down with my computer durng my few moments of free time this week, gigantic cup of green tea in hand, I began scouring the many blogs that I read on a regular basis. Over at the 24/7 Family History Circle sits a great article that, while a basic concept, is one that [...]

Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay in posts. I’ve been super swamped with school and with throwing a wedding shower for my boyfriend’s cousin. But the good news is that I am back and I have a bit more of a free weekend. Since my last post, I have also been busy working on a [...]

Wow – can this genea-blogger community speed up much more? I mean the number of blogs out there seems endless and it is growing every day. It gets difficult to get to know everybody – but little games like this one keep us all talking and meeting eachother. I was tagged in this game by [...]

FootnoteMaven posted a great post about an old nursery rhyme that tells of a baby’s personality based on the day of the week the child was born. If you havent guessed from the title, I was born on a Thursday at 8:59 P.M. and I weighed a whole 7lbs 8 ounces. According to the nursery [...]

As a kid growing up, I would never say that my family was in the poverty level, but we were definitely far from rich. We lived (and still live) like most American families: paycheck to paycheck. Despite the fact that we still live that way, my parents have both taught me that life is always [...]

As the election draws nearer, the fierce fight for the White House is heating up to a point of unbearable heat. Both sides are attacking eachother and the media is overanalyzing every single word that is said. Honestly – with our world in the condition it is in, can we really afford this sort of [...]

Why indeed – there can be two of the same census. The way this works is that the area was enumerated twice. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen and I have one such case in my family tree. My great great grandfather Adolph Doerflinger and his wife, Augusta, lived in St. Louis, Missouri [...]

This is a Carnival of Genealogy 58th Edition article – and with the spirit of genealogy it is all about those spooky stories about an ancestor. With this particular edition, you all have to guess if it is fact or fiction….and I won’t reveal which it is until after October 15th (when the submissions are [...]