tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61464674814944016592024-03-13T22:35:25.233-07:00Danny Hall GenealogyDanny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-66594142069601691382024-02-02T01:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:36:14.620-08:00MY VERY OWN 'CATCH ME IF YOU CAN' CASE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/7hHY6FZx/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Catch-Me-If-You-Can.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><b>Intrigue, betrayal, and chutzpah. This story has it all! Read on to see how I cracked this "impossible" case!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Thirty years before there was Frank Abagnale, who was made famous by the film, <i>Catch Me If You Can</i>, there was another Frank . . . Frank Greisse.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And just like Abagnale, this Frank was a character and a swindler.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">He first appeared in Chicago about 1903, but under a different name . . . Frank Griffin.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Despite my best efforts, I just could NOT find hide or hair of him before then.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">What's going on here? Where was he?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">My first thought was that he was probably in Chicago, or nearby, but the census takers had missed him. Nor was he found in the city directories which don't necessarily show everyone. Missing people in the census, especially in a big city, was, and still is, a VERY common occurrence.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I focused next on what I did know. That was that he'd married in Chicago in 103, had a daughter the next year, but then suddenly abandoned his family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">To the records I went . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The Cook County marriage applications provided some vitally important new info for Frank. He was a bookkeeper that was born in New York and currently living in Binghamton. And most importantly, it provided his parents name . . . Frank Griffin, Sr. and Mary Korodi.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But then I hit yet another brick wall. I could find absolutely no evidence of any such couple, <b><i>ANYWHERE</i></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I took a chance and I searched solely for his mother's name (most men, even the hardened ones, still love their mamas) and VOILA . . . I found them in Baltimore! But instead of his surname, Griffin, it was Greisse.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Now why would Frank Jr. change his name?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">As it turns out, he'd gotten a girl pregnant in New York and had to skedaddle. That would certainly qualify as a reason to flee and change his name!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Keep in mind that this was long before there was an FBI, so if someone absconded from the State there was little they could do to bring them to justice. It was also long before IDs ever existed, so someone could change their name at will.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But the saga continues . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Shortly after he'd gotten married and had his daughter in Chicago, he got a very good paying position in a large company. But apparently the pay wasn't good enough, so he decided to get into check kiting and forging. And his victim was the very company he worked for!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">His fraud was quickly discovered, but before the authorities could nab him, he and his ill-gotten gains fled to San Francisco . . . completely abandoning his new family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But he wasn't there for long before another group had almost caught up to him. See, the company he had frauded hired none other than the world-famous Pinkerton Detective Agency.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And their motto was "We Never Sleep"!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">They were the best and this was obviously long before the internet, which is quite the testament to their abilities.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Frank felt the heat bearing in on him in San Francisco. He even had a close call with one of Pinkerton's agents there, so he skedaddled again . . . to New York City.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">There he'd befriended a wealthy widow, his "love".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But it was all a ruse. He kept a low profile while he nurtured this new relationship and even offered marriage to her, multiple times, to deflect any suspicions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">However, one day she noticed nearly 15,000 dollars worth of her jewels had gone missing and, afterwards, Frank was nowhere to be found. He'd completely disappeared!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Thankfully, Pinkerton's hadn't given up. They'd gotten wind of him in New York via their extensive, never sleeping network.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Several days later, whether from remorse or because he really cared for her, Frank called his "love" to apologize and to beg for his forgiveness and wondered if he could come over to talk. She said, "Yes!"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Just moments after she got off the phone with Frank, Pinkerton's called. She told them that Frank was on his way over and to hurry if they wanted to catch him.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And catch him they did! Frank got the shock of his life when they arrested him right there on the spot and in front of his "love".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">He was later sentenced to two years in New York's notorious Sing Sing Prison.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Although I found no further criminal escapades by Frank after his release, he still managed to have one last laugh. On the 1910 census, in a hilarious stunt, he listed his occupation as "Secret Service Agent". That's some major chutzpah there!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Frank died, alone, in 1928 and is buried in the family plot in Maryland.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">He never reunited with his wife and daughter in Chicago, who went on with their lives without him.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">This was one of the most exciting cases I've ever worked! "Spicy" cases like this one NEVER get old or boring and it's such a joy to research them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">If you'd like me to help you search for YOUR elusive or "spicy" ancestors, I'd love to hear from you!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credit:</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">ID 199882007, Stefan Sutka, Stefans42, Dreamstime - Thank You!</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-26617462403035842952024-02-01T00:51:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:35:35.893-08:00THE LORDS OF THE RING<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/rpNPZRcp/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Everything-Has-A-Story-Find-The-Important-On.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><b>A mysterious ring washes up on a Maine beach and the race is on to discover its secrets. Read on to learn more about this entrancing tale of joy, tragedy, and serendipity.</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">One day, on the sandy beaches of Kittery, Maine, near the iconic Lady Pepperell House, Carrie Arsenault noticed something. Investigating further, she got the surprise of her life!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">As if taken right out of the famous Smeagol scene from Lord of the Rings, she, too, had found a fascinating ring.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">On the inside was the cryptic engraving, "CCD to MAL Dec 25 1880".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It, of course, raised the immediate questions . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Was this an engagement or wedding ring? And more importantly, who were they?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Hoping to find some answers, Carrie went to the Kittery Hall of Records and started digging. Before long, she had found it! Charles C. Dixon married Miranda A. Lewis on 12 May 1881.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/B6hw4Wj9/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Everything-Has-A-Story-Find-The-Important-On.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">The Actual Ring That Carrie Found</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Scott Drummey of Dover, New Hampshire had gotten wind of this amazing story and jumped in to help. He was able to find out that Charles and Amanda (she went by her middle name) had the joy of one daughter, Maude.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Eventually, Maude married and had two daughters of her own, Doris and Marion.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But then the trail went cold.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Via a genealogy newsletter, I learned of this fascinating story and endeavored to rejuvenate the search and to try and help find these elusive answers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Thankfully, I was able to locate the marriage records for both of Maude's daughters and we were back to the races.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I found that, of the two daughters, only Doris had children. Twins, Ken and Carol.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Forwarding this information to the newspaper that carried the story, they reached out to Ken, and his half-siblings, Jean and Robert.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Amazingly, but in a stroke of sad serendipity, all of them just happened to be back in New Hampshire <b><i>that week</i></b> to be at the funeral of their sister, Carol.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">In a meeting a few days later, Carrie gladly returned the ring.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/Y92y52qz/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Everything-Has-A-Story-Find-The-Important-On.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The Ring Comes Home</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Tragically, Amanda's story has an unhappy ending. Scott kept digging and was able to find that from at least 1900, she was a resident in Augusta at the State Hospital and died there in 1941.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">As her brother, Robert, said "I never heard her mentioned, but now I know why."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">This sure was a really fun story to delve into! And while I was able to locate the final pieces, it was the fantastic efforts of Carrie and Scott that got this going. They deserve just as much, if not more, of the credit for getting the ring home. Together, we "Lords of the Ring" pulled it off!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">If you have any "mysterious" stories you'd like to explore, I'd love to help you!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credits:</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Ring - ColiNOOB, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Carrie 1 - Deb Cram - Thank You!</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Carrie 2 - Portsmouth Herald - Thank You!</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-5460325421541891282024-01-31T01:24:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:35:06.846-08:00HOW I SAVED LIVES WITH GENEALOGY<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="800" height="438" src="https://i.postimg.cc/T2qJrJtB/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-The-Good-The-Bad-The-Ugly.png" width="1000" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">My <i>The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly</i> Case</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><b>Using DNA, I found Amber's biological father, which in turn, saved her and her son's life. Read on to find out how I did it!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I got a call one night from my cousin, Carla, in Iowa.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"Hey Danny! I have a good friend here, Amber, and I was wondering if you could help her with her genealogy?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"Of course! What does she need help with?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"Well, she doesn't know who her biological father is."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"Ahh. Has she done a DNA test?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"She has and the results just came in. Do you think you can help her?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"I'll sure give it my best shot!"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">So, I had Amber send me an invite to her results and I got started.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The first step was to separate her mother's families from her paternal ones.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Then I looked at what was left and it was encouraging!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">She had a match of 373 centimorgans with "MS".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/cHGcK21j/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-A-DNA-Genealogy-Success-Story-Hall-Gen-4.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">My Actual, Very Scribbly, Triangulation Chart</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">That's a first cousin once removed to second cousin. See here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/DZ1dprnJ/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Centimorgan-Chart.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Centimorgan Chart For Autosomal DNA Tests</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Very good indeed!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Working back the other matches, I found a solid triangulation for Roy Edgar Bowling and Onnie Smith. They had a BIG family . . . 11 children!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">One by one, using the other tests and their relative strengths (and ages as the youngest were too young . . . and girls), I was able to eliminate all but 2 of the kids.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Of the two, only 1 had a son, Mattie, and she married Jessie Elliott.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I searched for the Elliott family in the DNA results and <b>BINGO, there it was</b>! A whole slug of them! That's the triangulation I was looking for!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Frank was their only son, and guess what? He had moved from North Carolina to Iowa.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b>There's your nexus, baby</b>!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Frank was her dad! That's the <b><i>Good</i></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Sadly, I found out that he had passed away in 2003. That's the <b><i>Bad</i></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And on top of that, he had died of a rare blood disease. That's the <b><i>Ugly</i></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">In addition, I found out that Frank had two children, Amber's half-siblings. I was able to find her sister, Jessica, right away on Facebook.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I called up Carla and let her know the exciting news!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Amber immediately called me and I filled her in on everything, including her half-siblings. Here's what she posted:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/pXWYk57r/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-A-DNA-Genealogy-Success-Story-Hall-Gen-1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Within minutes, Amber had already contacted Jessica. Here's what she posted:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/4yZvDYx8/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-A-DNA-Genealogy-Success-Story-Hall-Gen-2.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">And they met up the very next day!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="538" src="https://i.postimg.cc/FzZbNhfh/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-A-DNA-Genealogy-Success-Story-Hall-Gen-3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Because Amber's father had died from a rare blood disease, she and her children got tested for it. Unfortunately, she and her son has it too.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Thankfully there's a treatment for it, but it involves getting monthly blood transfusions for the rest of their lives. But, that's far better than dying at a young age like her father did. He was only 45!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">This is a perfect example of why it's so important to do good genealogical research. You never know, you just might save lives!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And you know what? It feels pretty dang good!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">If you'd like to have me look at your family tree, or help you with a brick wall, or your DNA, I'd love to hear from you!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credits:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><span style="color: #999999;">The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Clipart Download - Thank You!</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Facebook Post - Amber Inghram - Thank You!</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Facebook Posts - Jessica Elliott - Thank You!</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-45867772741657455612024-01-30T16:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:34:41.435-08:00ITALIAN IGNORANCE SAVES THE DAY<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/13TPShQx/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Italian-Citizenship-Get-Your-Italian-Citize.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">The Leaning Tower Of Neo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><b>Genealogy often has crazy twists and turns. Here's an instance where being "bad" benefited his descendants.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b>A major success today</b>. In just 4 hours I was able to trace Fanny's family line, one that she knew nothing about, back to her Italian immigrant and also verify that she does, in fact, qualify for Italian Citizenship by Descent.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">A thrilling day for sure!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><i>But it almost didn't happen</i></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Her immigrant ancestor had petitioned for American Citizenship in 1905, but when 1909 came around for the decision to grant it or not, he was denied for "being completely ignorant". Thankfully, he never tried again. So, like Neo from <i>The Matrix</i>, talk about dodging a bullet!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">His descendants are most grateful for his "ignorance"!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Are you curious to find out if you have a "Lucky Bloodline" ancestor, too? Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credit:</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">LorenzoBovi, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-16283198494535308352024-01-30T13:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:33:59.541-08:00MY PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/fbWSSBjC/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Use-Genealogy-To-Reach-Out-To-Your-Cousins-I.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Peter Infelt And Nellie Hebbring</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><b>It is said that <i>Fortune</i> favors the bold. In this white-knuckle, hair-raising and ice-cold adventure, <i>Fortune</i> favored me this night as I struck genealogy gold!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I'm in Michigan on one of my many genealogy trips and I get the call I'd been hoping for.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"Hey Danny, it's Sue Hamilton in Detroit. How quick can you get here? Mary is willing to get the family pictures out for you, but only tonight!"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">A little backstory here . . . Sue's sister, Mary, had held these pictures for 40 years and had never let anyone see them, not even her own siblings! So, this was and amazing opportunity I didn't want to miss.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Needless to say, my response was an emphatic, "I'll be there as soon as I can!"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">At the time, I was in Jackson and I needed to get to Detroit, only about a 50 mile trip.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Sounds easy enough, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Well, the Genealogy Gods had a big surprise up their sleeves waiting for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It was going to be an eventful drive and I was about to be tested like I'd never been tested before!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I got going and for the first 20 miles, I was cruising right along. Absolutely no problems. Completely smooth sailing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/HnzRvv5n/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Use-Genealogy-To-Reach-Out-To-Your-Cousins-I.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The Calm Before The Storm</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">But then it hit!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It started to rain . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And then the temperature dropped like a rock . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Before I knew it, the roads had completely froze up from freezing rain.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It was an ice skating ring and I wasn't a Zamboni!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Traffic was at an absolute crawl.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">At first it was 25 mph, and then it was 20!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I should've canned it right then and there, but I really didn't want to miss out on this incredible opportunity.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I pressed on.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Using the driving skills I'd learned from being a born and raised Alaskan, I didn't panic and worked really hard at "keeping my britches between the ditches". Did I mention that I had pretty much bald tires, too, which added to the fun?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">As I got closer to Detroit, the roads got even worse.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">We were finally down to 12 mph.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And that maximum speed was absolute!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Anyone daring to go 13 mph or more was spinning out, right in front of my eyes and going straight into the ditch.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The carnage was epic as I saw at least a dozen cars wipe out. It was nuts!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/5NPDwGbk/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Use-Genealogy-To-Reach-Out-To-Your-Cousins-I.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Not Quite This Bad, But It Sure FELT Like It Was!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><b>Three and a half hours</b></i><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">, I finally arrived.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Exhausted from the adrenaline rush, but also ecstatic at the same time, Mary got the pictures out for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The Genealogy Gods seemed to have appreciated my perseverance and boldness (and yes, I admit, even a little stupidity) because it was an absolute treasure trove.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I ended up taking pictures and scans of them well into the wee hours of the morning before we all finally collapsed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">What a night!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">If this is the kind of perseverance you'd like to see in your Professional Genealogist, I'd love to hear from you!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credits:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Peter Infelt and Nellie Hebbring - Danny Hall</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Frames - pngegg.com - Thank You!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Sail Boat - Geralt, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Cars - Peggy_Marco, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-22132768206558403802024-01-29T23:52:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:33:01.683-08:00I FOUND MY FAMILY'S LAND IN ENGLAND<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/yYnTPrx2/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Ground-Yourself-With-Genealogy-Hall-Gen-1.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">The Anvil Inn In Sawdon, Yorkshire On The Land Once Owned By My Edman And Eshelby Ancestors</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><b>Linking up with locals is an oft overlooked avenue for research. Here's an example of how it not only opened doors, it made a fantastic and unexpected story!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Many years ago, I visited England on a multi-stop, 10 day whirlwind genealogy tour.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The first of these stops was in Sawdon, Yorkshire.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">My Eshelby family had lived there from the 1750s to the 1810s, when they left for Canada. While there, my ancestor William had married Jane, the only child of William Edman.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Armed with a 200 years-old land deed I had located before I left on my trip, I set off to try to locate my family's land.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The deed had one vital clue in it. The land was on Wood Gate Way. Amazingly enough, I found it! The Way was still there and the name unchanged.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/FshZ0Qrj/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Ground-Yourself-With-Genealogy-Hall-Gen-2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Over 200 Years Old And Still Going Strong</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">The problem was, the deed didn't tell me WHERE on the Way it was, and as I later found out, it's at least 10 miles long!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I walked the short distance to the picturesque village of Sawdon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/520SkqFy/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Ground-Yourself-With-Genealogy-Hall-Gen-3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Sawdon Is Such A Lovely Place</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Sawdon is a very tiny village of just a few homes and one water hole, "The Anvil Inn".</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I went in and ended up chatting with Alex, the landlady.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I let her know why I was visiting and she said that Piers and Dee, the village historians, lived just across the street. She gave them a call and they came right over.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I showed them what I had and Piers said he has a colleague who lived a few parishes south of there that had an old enclosure (property line) map for Sawdon. So, we jumped into his car and off we went.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">We got there, and sure enough, he pulled out his HUMUNGOUS four foot long map and unrolled it. I took a quick look and immediately latched onto the name William Edman, Jane's father!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/brhR67Qf/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Ground-Yourself-With-Genealogy-Hall-Gen-4.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">The Enclosure Map For Sawdon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">From earlier research, I had learned that William also owned a 26 acre plot just to the northeast and directly across from the Inn. That was a lot of land for a basic yeoman back then!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So Piers and I hopped back into his car and raced back to the Inn and shared our findings with Alex. She was just as excited as I was and then let me know that several of the blacksmith tools at the Inn were actually from the 1700s!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" src="https://i.postimg.cc/MpFmkMyD/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Ground-Yourself-With-Genealogy-Hall-Gen-5.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">I Wonder Which One Of These Were From The 1700s And Used By William Edman?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Piers then drove me around to the second plot of land William owned. Although you can't see it on the above map, there's a huge gorge in between the properties so we had to drive around it. But then I was rewarded with this.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/vmChngTB/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Ground-Yourself-With-Genealogy-Hall-Gen-6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">My Ancestor's Second Piece Of Land</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Needless to say, I was thrilled to have been able to find and visit this place and experience this exciting piece of my family history. There's just something about actually being there and standing on the same soil your ancestors cared for. It really "grounds" you! It's surreal on so many levels.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And to top it all off with an incredible, unexpectedly wonderful story! I couldn't have dreamed for more!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">If you'd like me to help "unearth" the stories in your family history, I'd love to hear from you!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credits:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Anvil Inn - The Anvil Inn, Sawdon - Thank You!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">All others - Danny Hall</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-26023228172371691932024-01-29T22:02:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:31:49.868-08:00STICK TO YOUR GUNS AND DON'T FOLLOW THE GENEALOGY CROWD<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/J48r2qzm/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Trust-Your-Gut-When-Doing-Genealogy-Hall-Gen.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Be Brave Enough To Stand Out In A Crowd</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><b>Going with the flow has its place, but when you're reaching for genealogical greatness, it's often best to go the other way. Here's a perfect example of how I put this lesson to practical use with one of my cases.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">I had a marathon research session last night . . . 19 hours . . . but it was so worth it!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You see, something just didn't feel right with this Gordon line based on the trees I was seeing on Ancestry.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The naming patterns didn't match one would expect from a Scotch line.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But people were showing this connection as the right one.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Why?</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Likely because the baptism date was the closest they could find to the birthdate given on James Gordon's tombstone.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>There Has Got To Be More To It Than That</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Nope, it appears that was the only criteria they used.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I dug and dug, and dug . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And I finally found it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">A death record in 1847 for Jane Morton, the widow of James Gordon, Sr.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Hallelujah!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>Oh, It's Not Over Yet . . . Not By A Long-Shot</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Getting a wife's maiden name usually makes things so much easier to find in Scotland. Do you know how many James Gordons there are in Scotland that are married to a Jane? Like a gazillion!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Or was it going to be easier?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I looked for this couple, but they weren't there. I couldn't even find any of their kids. A quick note here . . . Scotland has done an <b><i>amazing</i></b> job of transcribing and extracting from the old parish registers, so not finding them is actually a <b>BIG</b> deal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">What the heck was going on here?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I kept digging some more.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I finally found them! James "Gaedon" married Jean "Monton" in Ormiston on 4 July 1789.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I then found their first daughter, Jean, in 1790, but she was listed under "Morton" instead of Gordon. Go figure!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Then the trail went cold again . . . for now.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>When It Rains It Pours</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But the story doesn't end there! Oh, yes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You see, I couldn't find a death record for James at all. I knew he was in Quebec in 1825 as he witnessed a grandchild's baptism, but no death record . . . <b>anywhere</b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But, whoa Nellie! Who is this "Robert" Gordon who died in 1838?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Other than this one singular entry, there was no evidence at all of any "elder" Robert running around.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">After looking at this entry closer, it became pretty evident that this is almost certainly James, but the clerk made an error and listed him as "Robert". Oh yeah, it happens more than you realize!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Furthermore, "Robert's" death entry gave the name of the village they lived in for a while in Down, Ireland! And they moved there about 1806 based on the children's info in later censuses.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Yay! Mystery solved! (Well, mostly . . . LOL)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>So, Defy The Crowd When You Need To</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And none of this would've happened had I not listened to my inner voice and ignored the "prevailing wisdom".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Remember this lesson when your inner voice is trying to get your attention.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It will serve you well.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>The Reward</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, I found one of Sharon's lines in Scotland in 1789 and followed their path through Ireland and straight to Quebec.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And, who else has this exciting info?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Nobody!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Not a soul!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Every tree, and I mean EVERY tree, on Ancestry has it completely wrong.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Now, once this gets out, everyone will be following my research and lead.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But, that's OK. I'm used to it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Do you have a line that's driving you mad and what others are saying just doesn't mesh with you? Let me turn that genea-stress into <b><i>genea-joy</i></b>!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credit:</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">ID 12019, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-69676824957073984422024-01-28T02:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:31:09.609-08:00THE DNA BULLY IS GOING TO GET YOU<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/0jf9CQrg/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-DNA-Bully-Hall-Gen-1.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><div><br /></div><div><b>Sometimes DNA throws you curve balls that are just as twisted as it is! Here's an important situation to be aware of and what to do with it.</b></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Here comes the DNA Bully!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">THE WHAT???</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Simply put, it's a DNA strain that literally tries to run all of the others out of town.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><u><b>The Skew Is In</b></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Think of the DNA you get as going into a sandbox, and it's size is fixed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Most of the time, DNA strains play nice and you get a pretty even spread.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But not with these guys. They play for keeps.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You'll be rolling right along tracing a line and then, all of a sudden, the numbers just fall off a cliff like a herd of panicked lemmings!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">When you see this, you can be almost certain that a line has been bullied right to the fringes of the sandbox, and sometimes completely out of it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">At this point, you might as well throw the DNA charts straight out of the window because you just can't use them anymore.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It's a whole new ball game!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><u><b>What This Means To You</b></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">When this happens you're going to get hits that are sky high (the bullies) or basement bottom low (the bullied), but nowhere near where you'd expect them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">For instance, on Justin's test, he has 7th cousins coming in at an eye-popping 98 centimorgans, when normally it would be a measly 10.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">98 is normally a 3rd cousin.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">That's a <b><i>huge</i></b> difference, huh? See what I mean?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">They're so crazy that Ancestry won't even acknowledge them as possible, but they're real.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Ditto the reverse, where he has 2nd cousins coming in at an underwhelming 40 when they should be 150.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Just realize that the tree placement will be different than the norm and you'll be fine.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And, of course, murphy's law being what it is, the ostracized lines are the ones you want to know more about.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It happened to me. All 5 of my brick wall lines ended up this way. Go figure!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>Connecting The Dots</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The important takeaway here is to be aware of this quirk, and that's the bulk of the battle.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But fret not, you <b>CAN</b> still win the war. It's just going to be harder for these squeezed out lines.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You're going to have to rely more on traditional research, unless you can find a cousin that has these lines, unsqueezed, in their test. (This is why it's so important to get as many tests as possible done.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So keep this in mind when you're having a hard time figuring out how another tester connects based solely on centimorgan strengths. A DNA Bully might be in play here.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Chances are, like my friend below, they never know what hit them!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Happy DNAing!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="564" src="https://i.postimg.cc/hGL4GpgP/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-DNA-Bully-Hall-Gen-2.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Who Was That Guy?</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">If you have a DNA mystery of your own, I'd love to help!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credits:</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Bull - Clker Free Vector Images - Thank You!</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Lion - Open Clipart Vectors - Thank You!</span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-72595277046482587352024-01-27T23:56:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:30:15.723-08:00ANOTHER BRICK WALL BITES THE DUST<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/FH8Zr8JM/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Destroy-Your-Brick-Walls-Hall-Gen-1.jpg" /></a></div><b style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></b></div>On my very first day and in a tale of the unexpected, I took a wrecking ball to a long-standing family brick wall, and in the process, discovered my life's passion!</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">It's 1993 and I'm living in Seattle, the home of the Space Needle, the Monorail, and Pike Place Market.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">During this time, I had gotten started learning French by watching the show, <i>French In Action</i> on PBS. Unfortunately, with my work schedule, I kept missing episodes. So, to catch up on the ones I'd missed, I'd go to the Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library and check them out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/d366J086/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Destroy-Your-Brick-Walls-Hall-Gen-2.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Seattle Public Library - Central Branch</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">The downtown library is situated on a hill. Normally I'd park on the top of the street because the video section was on the top floor. However, this time I couldn't find a parking spot where I normally did and had to park on the lower street.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I entered the building and as I was about to step onto the escalator, I noticed something . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">A huge sign that said "Genealogy" just to the left of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Well, I went up and got the latest video and went home.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Later that night, I remembered that my step-Grandfather, C W Snedden, had been working on his genealogy for 25 years and from what I'd been told, he was stuck at his father, William. I later found out it was his grandfather, but not far at all.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, a few days passed and I returned. I knew that C W was born in Spokane in 1913, so I took a look around the genealogy stacks thinking that <i>maybe</i> I'd find something.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Then, all of a sudden, I came across the city directories for Seattle and they went all the way back to 1877. That was ancient to me then!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Well, I thought if Seattle has them, maybe Spokane does too. Sure enough, right around the corner, there they were!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I pulled the 1913 volume, opened it up, and looked for Snedden. I found one, Angus, but not a name I recognized. I then pulled the 1914 and voila, William A Snedden, the name I knew. And he was living in the same house as Angus!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">With the help of the librarians, I eventually found Angus in the 1920, then 1910 . . . all the way back to the 1880 census!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So I asked the librarians, "Now what do I do?"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">They then told me that I needed to go to the Family History Center on 45th NE.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I immediately hopped into my car and I raced over there.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/HsSzKVWs/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Destroy-Your-Brick-Walls-Hall-Gen-3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Me Racing To The FHC (For Reals! Wink, Wink)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Once there, I let them know what I was looking for and they jumped right into action.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">From the 1900 census I'd learned that Angus was born May 1855 in Scotland. So, they put in a Scotland Vital Records disc (it was huge and was read through the case it was in) and holy cow! He was the ONLY Angus Snedden in Scotland and, sure enough, was born 11 May 1855 in Coatbridge<span style="background-color: white;">, North Lanarkshire, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">I was then able to locate not only his parent's marriage, but also his grandparent's marriages as well!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">And I did all of this on my <i><b>very first day</b></i>!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">I thought to myself, "Self, this is fun and you seem to have a natural knack for this, so you need to stick with it."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">And I have! It has taken me all over America, Canada, and Europe doing research and I never get tired of doing it. As my Mormon friends say, I have the "Spirit of Elijah" on steroids! To say I'm driven to do this would be a massive understatement!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">I sure hope you've enjoyed this short anecdote of how I totally stumbled into my life's passion. Life sure can throw you unexpected curve balls, and boy was this a doozey!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">If you have any brick walls of your own, I'd love to help you!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Drop me a line or give me a call and I'll get started on it as soon as I can.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">danny@hallgen.com</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">(888) 444-3211</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><span style="color: #999999;">Photo Credits:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><span style="color: #999999;">Wrecking Ball - ID 3681340, Albund, Dreamstime - Thank You!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><span style="color: #999999;">Central Branch, Seattle Public Library - City of Seattle - Thank You!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><span style="color: #999999;">Racing Car - Dimitrisvetsikas1969, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></span></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146467481494401659.post-86204102997800131612024-01-27T20:32:00.000-08:002024-02-02T01:28:52.326-08:00EASILY FIND THE BEST PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST FOR YOU<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/BQY2j3zF/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Most-Adorable-Genealogist.jpg" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><div style="text-align: center;">Our #1 And Most Adorable Genealogist Hard At Work At The Family History Library In Salt Lake City</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Finding a stellar Professional Genealogist can be daunting to say the least! But it doesn't have to be. Here are the top things to look for that will make it MUCH easier for you!</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Full disclosure: I'm a Pro myself, but I'm not intending this article as a personal sales pitch in disguise. If you feel I'd be a good fit for you, wonderful, I'd love to have you as my research buddy! If not, that's great too! But for whomever you ultimately choose, please heed these key points when searching for a Pro as I want you to get the best service and results you possibly can.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">So, why would I write such an article? Well, believe it or not . . . for ME . . . straight up self interest!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">"How does that work?" you might ask. Well, I always keep the big picture in mind and when you do that, it's clear that any time someone gets taken by someone unethical, or just terrible, it hurts us all in the long run. That ultimately means less friends for me to work with (and yes, it's friends . . . never clients).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">So, it's in my best interest to write this article, plain and simple! How's that for brutal honesty? Best wishes and happy searching!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">And now to the article!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Quest Begins</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Finding a fantastic Professional Genealogist to help you with your genealogy problems can be one of the greatest investments you can make in terms of saving time AND money.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">"OK, that's great", I hear you saying, "but how do I find one?" (<b>And no, eeny meeny miny moe is NOT a good strategy!</b>)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Well, that's the catch, isn't it?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I'm not going to lie to you here, finding a good Pro, just like in any other industry, is a bit like running through a mine field with no map and blindfolded.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Pretty scary, huh?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Well, that's why I'm here to help. I'll be your <b><i>guide</i></b>.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I'm ready if you are . . .</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">So, let's jump ALL IN . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/NGx6wm7p/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Jump-All-In.jpg" /></a></div></div></span><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Let's Go For The Gusto!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><u><span><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><u><span style="font-size: large;">On Your Marks, Get Set, GO</span></u></b></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><u><span><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The two most often used avenues for finding a Pro are Google and the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), but there's also Facebook, LinkedIN, and numerous other social media outlets (way to many to list here).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">A Search for "Professional Genealogist" on Google brings up 339,000 results and a quick look on the APG website will show you a directory of nearly 2,050.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">That's a bit overwhelming so many to choose from, isn't it?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Hyperventilation paper bag is at the ready, right?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">But worry not, here I come to save the day! (oh yeah, I'm an Underdog fan!)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><i>Here's my promise . . . I'm going to try and make it as easy for you as I can!</i></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>Narrowing The Field Down And Eliminating The Riff-Raff</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">For the ease of example, I'm going to use APG as my vehicle here as it is already specialized for individual Pros, but these principles are just as universal for the others. (If you prefer a company over an individual, which is fine too, Google or Facebook might be a better place for you to look.)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Again, no lies here, if you aren't willing to put in a little work it's going to be nothing more than a crap shoot . . . and remember, the house ALWAYS wins. You definitely don't want to go there!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">So, lets narrow things down a little first. A few quick </span><b style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><i>simple</i></b><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"> questions:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">What are you needing help with? What's the <b><i>goal</i></b>? For example, if you need the help of someone who can use DNA to help solve out-of-wedlock or adoption mysteries, this will help whittle the available choices down immensely.</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Wow! That knocked it down 80%. See, we're already making major progress and wasn't that easy!?!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">That's still quite a few to look at though, so lets dig a little deeper into the ones that are left:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Have they put any <i><b>effort</b></i> into their profiles? Did they even fill them out at all? Simply put, if they won't take the time to do that, do you really think they're going to make any real efforts into your genealogy?</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">What is the <b><i>quality</i></b> of their profile? Does it look like they took their time in filling it out, or does it appear rushed and hurriedly thrown together? Did they just put a bunch of very generic info in there, or did they add some info on specific cases they are proud of that demonstrates their chops? Did they use a complimentary photo? Again, this is very telling.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">How <b><i>competent</i></b> are they? This is a big one for sure, but don't over-focus on it. See my caveat below. How long have they done genealogy? How well rounded is their knowledge? How many clients have they served and with what kind of results? What do they estimate their success rate to be?</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">How well are they <b><i>regarded</i></b> by their clients? Do they have any testimonials? How many? Do they show real full names and cities or only initials? Do the clients sound excited?</span></li></ul><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">As brilliant as I know you all are, I'm sure you'll think of a zillion other questions you could ask as well!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Way to go! You've made it this far and you're doing a FANTASTIC job! I'm really proud of you! By now, I'm sure you've got it shrunk down to a very manageable number and the end of the tunnel is now in sight! See, I told you I was going to try to make it easy!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/vHHW8T0M/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Light-At-The-End-Of-The-Tunnel.jpg" /></a></div><div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">You're Almost There!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans";">Before we continue, let's take a little break! Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. OK, break is over! Back to it! (Kount Kookula strikes again . . . grin!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>It's Human Touch Time</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Now it's time to reach out to the surviving candidates and it is here that you'll be looking at what I feel is the most important, but almost always overlooked, aspect of finding a Pro.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Drum roll please . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><i>PERSONALITY!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Because this one is <b>SO important</b>, I'm going to list these points out one by one.</span></div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">So, here are a few things to be on the look out for when you email them or talk (preferably) to them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Lets start with some of the things you <b><i>DON'T</i></b> want to see in your Pro:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Being too serious about themselves.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Consumed with personal narcissism instead of about what they can offer to help you.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Over-emphatic about their titles and credentials after their names.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You feel that this is just a job to them and they'll just "fill" the hours you give them, without a care as to whether they find a solution or not.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">They're rude.</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">And let's finish with what you absolutely <b><i>DO</i></b> want to see:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The sense that they'd be doing genealogy even if they weren't being paid.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">That the thrill of the chase and finding solutions is their passion, and it's never a "job" for them.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">They're pleasant and easy going.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">A sense of real, genuine excitement and joy in their voice when you're talking to them about your family</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You feel you could work with them for a long time, and it's like you've known them forever.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The feeling that they'll be tenacious and go the extra mile to find the solution you're looking for.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">They love to share similar "war stories" about other relevant cases they've worked on, personally or professionally.</span></li></ul><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">The best Pros, and therefore the most effective ones, will be more excited about your genealogy than even you are. If you've found someone like that, you've found genealogical Pro gold! Don't let them go!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>A Final Caveat</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Genealogists are just <b><i>people</i></b> like you and me, and as such, are always a package deal. Trying to focus one just one aspect at the expense of the others I've laid out above (most focus only on education) is the biggest mistake people make when shopping for a Pro. Keep in mind that no one is going to be perfect (present company excluded of course . . . sorry, I couldn't hep myself. I just had to do it . . . hehe). So, weigh each aspect well.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans; font-size: large;"><b><u>Life Is Golden</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You made it! Congratulations! And guess what? You earned a <b><i>gold star</i></b>!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="800" src="https://i.postimg.cc/MHtVbJKh/Hall-Genealogy-Professional-Genealogist-Ancestry-Gold-Star.png" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">You Did It!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I hope this has been helpful for you!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">If you'd like me to be your research buddy, I'd love to hear from you! I can be reached at (888) 444-3211 or danny@hallgen.com.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">I can't wait to meet you!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;">Check out my APG page too! <a href="https://www.apgen.org/profiles/danny-hall">https://www.apgen.org/profiles/danny-hall</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b>Proudly 100% human written!</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Photo Credits:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Adorable - Danny Hall - Isn't our son AWESOME?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Leap - Photo 85370673, Dimarik16, Dreamstime - Thank You!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Tunnel - Dobronin, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Noto Sans;">Star - GDJ, Pixabay - Thank You!</span></div></div>Danny Hall Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698070631073204378noreply@blogger.com