by Lady Kathleen | Jan 13, 2019 | Genealogy News
Coming from the medieval French word ‘surnom’ translating as “above-or-over name,” surnames or descriptive names trace their use in France back to 11th century, when it first became necessary to add a second name to distinguish between...
by Lady Kathleen | Jan 12, 2019 | Genealogy News
Building your family tree is like building a house, brick by brick. The bricks are your ancestors, their names, life events and details. But the mortar that holds the bricks together is absolutely essential, if that house is going to stand up. What is the...
by Lady Kathleen | Jan 11, 2019 | Royalty
I would like to welcome Tracy Anderson and her daughter Shannon as researchers within the Enchanted Family Genealogy Website. Tracy has added to the Veatch Veach Veitch Branch which links to England, Scottland and European Nobility. The Veitch (Veatch)...
by Lady Kathleen | Jan 10, 2019 | Genealogy News
If someone walked up to you and said “Hi, I’m your third cousin, once removed,” would you know what they meant? Most of us don’t think about our relationships in such exact terms (“cousin” seems good enough), so many of us...
by Lady Kathleen | Jan 8, 2019 | Genealogy News
Many of us are in possession of one or more magnetic photo albums. These albums, which first achieved popularity in the 1960s and 70s, were made from a thick paper stock coated with glue strips and included a thick Mylar plastic covering for each page. Conservators...
