Category: Genealogy

Unlock Your Family Secrets: A Review of ‘Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree’

Hello dear readers. I am excited to share a new Goodreads review with you of my non-fiction book, Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree with Stories from its Branches. A well researched guide to tracing your family tree in which the author gives advice on how to search for information on your ancestors using online sites … Continue reading Unlock Your Family Secrets: A Review of ‘Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree’ →

GROWING A TOP-NOTCH FAMILY TREE – WITH STORIES FROM ITS BRANCHES BY NANCY BLODGETT KLEIN

Book Review Title: Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree – With Stories from its Branches Author: Nancy Blodgett Klein Published On Amazon sites worldwide … GROWING A TOP-NOTCH FAMILY TREE – WITH STORIES FROM ITS BRANCHES BY NANCY BLODGETT KLEIN Here is a new review of my most recent book from fellow author John Edwards who … Continue reading GROWING A TOP-NOTCH FAMILY TREE – WITH STORIES FROM ITS BRANCHES BY NANCY BLODGETT KLEIN →

Smorgasbord Free Book Promotions 2023- Share an Excerpt from one of your published books – #Genealogy Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree: With Stories …

In this series authors were invited to share an excerpt of 500 words from any of their published books Submissions are now closed for this series but…Smorgasbord Free Book Promotions 2023- Share an Excerpt from one of your published books – #Genealogy Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree: With Stories …

Indie Weekend: Growing A Top-Notch Family Tree by Nancy Blodgett Klein

Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie Authors with marketing. Marketing is probably the biggest task authors have, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this far and wide with your social media followers. Below please see my review of Growing A … Continue reading Indie Weekend: Growing A Top-Notch Family Tree by Nancy Blodgett Klein →

Do You Have a Gateway Ancestor?

Do you have a gateway ancestor? This is someone from your family tree who descends from royalty or nobility. Typically, this ancestor would have lived in Colonial America in the 1600s and would most likely have descended from aristocrats from England, Scotland or Ireland, to name a few of the main countries. While working on … Continue reading Do You Have a Gateway Ancestor? →

Ancestors Helping Slaves to Freedom

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Martin Luther King Jr. The practice of genealogy can lead to feelings of profound pride in one's ancestors, especially for those who risked jail time and fines for helping others less … Continue reading Ancestors Helping Slaves to Freedom →

Smorgasbord Book Promotions – New Book on the Shelves – #Genealogy Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree: With Stories from its Branches by Nancy Blodgett Klein

Happy to share Sally Cronin's post featuring my new book. #genealogy #family history #DNA Delighted to share the news of Nancy Klein’s latest book for all those looking to trace their family trees…Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree: With Stories from its Branches About the Book This two-part book gives advice to genealogists about specific steps … Continue reading Smorgasbord Book Promotions – New Book on the Shelves – #Genealogy Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree: With Stories from its Branches by Nancy Blodgett Klein →

King James IV of Scotland, a Man with Many Mistresses

King James IV of Scotland While working on my family tree on Ancestry, I discovered that my great-grandfather fourteen generations removed was King James IV of Scotland. This king really enjoyed the ladies and wanted to engage in sex with as many women as he could. One of his conquests was Marion Boyd, who gave … Continue reading King James IV of Scotland, a Man with Many Mistresses →