There have been a couple of mysteries over the precise occupation of my mother's father. I knew he had to sign The Official Secrets Act, and that she had to also. Tonight, however, I got a bit more information.

Turns out my grandfather is a World War II hero. I now know he was stationed at Bletchley Park. Okay, we knew he was there AFTER the war. ( Read more... )

To those who serve and who have served, THANK YOUTo Captain Jason West, we will remember your sacrifice ( Read more... )

I have found a set of great-great grandparents on my mother's side! Okay, so I can go back a few more generations on my father's side, but this is a huge, huge breakthrough ( Read more... )

Working on the family tree again...

One of the ancestors had two sons. He named them Edgar and Allen.

Okay, so his name was Edgar and naming the son after the family was common. But I wonder if a third kid would have been called Poe...

Thanks to a recent post by audrich, I began to think some more about my family tree. Heath had been fairly successful with his research, although he did have living family and also documents to help him. I knew I'd be starting with my own memory ( Read more... )