Compton Family
Welcome this is the section I will be posting about the Compton Family Genealogy. This family so far goes back to Williamus Compton. And my Grandmother's maiden name was Compton. This family also at one point ties into the...
The Beginning of Your Genealogy Family Tree
If you are planning to start to build your family tree for your family, you are likely very excited at the possibilities about finding details of your long-last uncle, or the side of the family you know very little about, or how those 2nd cousins are related to you....
Find Out the Meaning of Your Italian Last Name
Surnames in Italy trace their origin back to the 1400s, when it became necessary to add a second name to distinguish between individuals with the same given name. Italian surnames are often easy to recognize because most end in a vowel, and many of them have been...
You Can Trace Your Ancestors
Your Family Tree: You Can Trace Your Ancestors With Free or Inexpensive Online Resources As a beginner in genealogy you may be wondering how expensive it can be to get on the internet and build a family tree going back "lepleteen" generations, as my granddaughter...
What Is the Meaning of Your Spanish Last Name?
Have you ever wondered about your Spanish last name and how it came to be? Spanish surnames (apellidos) first came into use around the twelfth century, as populations began to expand to the point where it became necessary to distinguish between...
Is Your Last Name of English Origin?
English surnames as we know them today -- family names passed down intact from father to son to grandson -- weren't widely used until after the Norman conquest of 1066. Prior to that time there just weren't enough people to really make it necessary to use anything...
Cleopatria VII
In the springtime of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom in his will to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra, and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII who was twelve at the time. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. She had two older...
They Died of What? Historic Causes of Death
Two centuries ago doctors were dealing with medical conditions such as burns, asthma, , and that are still familiar today. However, they were also contending with deaths caused by such things as auge (malaria), dropsy (edema), or spontaneous combustion...
If you want to learn more about your ancestors
If you want to learn more about your ancestors, you need to know how to begin. Luckily, it is not rocket science, and you can learn a lot by following these three first steps, baby steps, to build your family tree. Are you having difficulty figuring out exactly where...
Another Grave Site, Another Stone, Another Ancestor
If you are fairly new to building your family tree, you may have begun to find that the information you thought was about your ancestor - isn't. There were several with your ancestor's name and similar dates, living in the same town and buried in the same...