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Author Archives: Don Taylor
Play With Dolls To Banish Fatigue?
There was an amazing article in the Boston Sunday Post, regarding “Grown Women Who Play With Dolls To Banish Fatigue – Stars of Stage and Screen Enthuse Over Their New ‘Back-to-Nature’ Stunt That Gives Rest and Relaxation From Wearisome Work.”[i] The … Continue reading
Not a Real McCoy nor a “Real” Hatfield either.
I finally had a chance to get back to my Hatfield Project. The question my friend asked was her Hatfield family related to the infamous Hatfields of West Virginia/Kentucky fame. In previous work I had found that my friend’s great-grandfather was … Continue reading
Five Steps to Genealogical Success
Complete genealogical foundations help answer family questions A Case Study: D’Amico By Don Taylor A friend was telling me that his wife knew her ancestors, the D’Amico side, were Italian, but didn’t know where in Italy they were from. He … Continue reading
Molly, Jack, & Larry – A DNA Success Story.
[This week guest blogger, Carol Katzenmeyer, is sharing one of her DNA successes. Carol and I are both researching Darling ancestors in Michigan and New York.] In the early 1950’s a man named Fritz and a woman named Margie had … Continue reading
Determining Cousins – My Formula/Process
Determining Cousins I was recently asked by a family member how to figure out cousins, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so forth and what “removed” means. What makes someone a first cousin once removed, and so forth. First, there are many … Continue reading
