Degerness and Ross Family History
My husband's great-grandfather William Ross was born approximately 1858 in Ireland. We know the names of his parents, but have been unable to find birth records in Ireland - that all important Townland has eluded us. We also have no information … [Continue reading] about William Ross – finding his regiment
Charles Ross started working in the Wharfingers Department of the Clan Line in 1910 at the age of 14 years. He started as an office boy, but had a dream to become a ship's engineer. He accomplished that dream and overall spent 51 years working for … [Continue reading] about Charles Ross and the Clan Line Ships
Normally in a Swedish baptism record you see some very standard pieces of information. However, sometimes you can find some more information. Such was the case of my grandfather's baptism record. John Albert Johnson was born in Stråvalla, Sweden … [Continue reading] about Always check the source records
I started the evening deciding to see how far back I could go on my mtDNA direct line. The idea was to write a post in honour of women's history month. I clicked through on my tree, knowing that I haven't proved a couple of the generations … [Continue reading] about Marriage place most likely
A relative sent me a copy of the Stord bygdebok. A bygdebok is a book that gives the local and historical information about a specific geographic area, in this case Stord. For more on bygdeboks see Martin Roe's post. This particular book, written … [Continue reading] about The Digernes farm
