by Christine Bell | Sep 9, 2020 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
This past Mother’s Day, I spent a lot of time looking at old family pictures. My mother, who died way too young, has now been gone forty years and so I can only connect with her through old photos and my memories. I found a picture of my mom and I when I was...
by Christine Bell | Sep 1, 2018 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
Genealogy and family history are words that I use interchangeably, but I use family history more often than genealogy. Those who differentiate between the two terms define genealogy as the names, dates and places that go on a pedigree chart and family history as the...
by Christine Bell | May 29, 2017 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
What do you think of when the subject of cemeteries is mentioned? Do you think about a place of peace and calm where the dead are remembered and honored? Or do you think of cemeteries as creepy, spooky places? One of my young friends holds her breath as we drive past...
by Christine Bell | Dec 8, 2016 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
I remember, as a novice family history research, the thrill of finding a record that told me more about my family and immediately adding the information to my family history. Back then, my family tree was on paper and only available to those with whom I personally...
by Christine Bell | Mar 3, 2015 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
Since the sequencing of the human genome was completed, scientists and others have explored what this new tool could be used for. Since DNA changes slightly with successive generations, DNA analysis can determine where your ancestors likely lived. That’s genetic...
by Christine Bell | Jan 27, 2015 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
The featured image in this article is my Grandpa Sam. Samuel Harmon Black was born in northern California in 1895 and died in central California in 1981. He married Mary Snively in 1920 and they had two children. The younger of their two children was my mother. I...
