MarieB's Genealogy Blog--Southeastern USA

During what has to be the busiest week for me in some time,  I've actually managed to make a bit of headway with my daughter's mtDNA...

This "rabbit hole" adventure starts out with me finding this snippet shown below on  Newspapers.com and wanting to know more abou...

I checked my One-To-Many match listing at GEDmatch for the first time in about a week and found 2 new (above 30 cM) matches.   One 41.6 cM a...

Cousin:  Jakes/Harger 1st Cousin 3 times(generations) removed Eliza Frances Jakes Burks(1853-1947) Eliza F. Jakes was the daughter of Jo...

Today marks this blog's 14th year.  In keeping with my purpose of the blog, I'm listing in no particular order my 14 favorites da...

My paternal grandparents and their children are mentioned in the Tennesseans' Old Hickory News column a number of times during the ...