Author Archives: Don Taylor

Social Networking & Mother-in-Law’s atDNA Results

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Don Taylor

Social Networking I was out of town last week for personal business and didn’t have a chance to do any genealogical activity while gone.  I’m back now and am putting the final touches on my Social Networking for Genealogy presentation … Continue reading →

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Social Networking for Genealogy

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Don Taylor

Title slide for “Social Networking for Genealogists” I’ll be giving a presentation on “Social Networking for Genealogy” to the Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on August 1. This will be the first presentation I have done since … Continue reading →

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Walls – Paper or Brick | John Montran – (b-186?/7? – d. Bef 1911) – BM-14

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Don Taylor

Walls – Paper or Brick? Rice Paper WallsPhoto by Matt Litt via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) We all have our genealogical walls. Often, we don’t know if a particular wall is a brick wall or a paper wall. It might be a … Continue reading →

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Memories – 4th of July, 1977 – Don Taylor

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Don Taylor

I was reading Randy Seaver’s Blog “Genea Musings” (https://www.geneamusings.com) who was suggesting that we might remember our best 4th of July experience as a child and our best as an adult. So, I put my mind to it. Cap Pistol … Continue reading →

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Parents of Catherine Thomas Jones – Angley Project

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Don Taylor

Finding a woman’s parents is often difficult, but sometimes it can be easy if you use good technique. Thanks to Newspapers.com, Family Search, and Ancestry.com, I was able to quickly determine the parents of Catherine Thomas, who are a set of second great-grandparents … Continue reading →

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