Why Do So Many Americans Think They Have Cherokee Blood?
Reclaim the Records – A victory for genealogists!
Brooke Shields: My ancestor Louis XIV influenced jewellery line – Having done most of the research on Brooke Shields for Who Do You Think You Are, I never anticipated this after-effect. Now if she would just launch a line based on her hard-suffering non-royals!
Dead Fred – Cool article about Joe Bott and the origins of DeadFred!
On the Prowl for Springsteen’s Irish Roots – Did some digging into Bruce Springsteen’s Irish roots for Irish America Magazine. You can find a digital version on pages 90-91 here.
Ancestors of Irish American celebrities in new online Catholic parish registers – See p. 88 for the article about the National Library of Ireland’s online Catholic parish registers. BTW, I highly recommend Irish America Magazine for those with Irish heritage!
Poor Relations – Read this book and while she occasionally makes some sweeping generalizations about genealogists that I don’t entirely agree with, I found it to be an excellent book overall. Through the exploration of her own family history, she offers insight into life in England over the last couple of centuries, and anyone with Portsea/Portsmouth ancestry will find it especially intriguing.
Photo Credit (Dennis Wolfe, a Cherokee indian in Cherokee, North Carolina, 1980.): Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress
I’ve been helping two friends and a cousin with their genealogy research and some of it involving Native American research. Its been a challenge and eye-opening journey. One of the biggest challenge is shifting through the tall tales, weeds, and falsehoods to find the truth. I was able to confirm my cousin’s ancestry through two lines. The records from the Hudson Bay company were useful. REsearch required me to open my eyes to the heartache and pain that many Natives have been through.