The Fears That Your Elders Grew By
There’s a line in a Crosby, Stills and Nash song that says, “And you, of tender years, can’t know the fears that your elders grew by.” I heard that song as I was writing this
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Genealogy
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Another roadblock on the way to figuring out the lineage of my great-great grandmother, Lilla.
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Searching for Olaus Johansen
Last week, I described one of my family’s most perplexing genealogical mysteries. On March 15, two women will travel nearly 5,000 miles from Norway to Abaco, hoping to solve a family mystery of their own.
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Wherefore Art Thou, Lilla?
Inspired by the program Who Do You Think You Are?, I’ve resumed my quest to solve one of my own family’s genealogical mysteries – Ma Lilla.
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Rare Copy of Wyannie Malone Genealogy Book Listed on Amazon
By far, one of the best books for researching Abaco genealogy is The Genealogy of Wyannie Malone: American Loyalist and Early Settler of Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas, by Jinny McAleer. In 1785, British Loyalist Wyannie
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Too Soon to Say Goodbye
Abaco has lost a community leader with the passing of Jack Albury.
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The Reason This Blog Exists
More than anything or anyone else, my grandmother inspired my love of Green Turtle Cay and Fish Hooks, and as such, she’s the reason this blog exists.
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“Who Do You Think You Are?” Returns Soon
I was happy to hear that a new season of Who Do You Think You Are starts this Wednesday, July 23. If you’re at all interested in genealogy, you’ll enjoy this show. It’s fascinating, and
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