Today I am reviewing the documents I found at the Amherst County Historical Museum in Amherst, Virginia, in March 2017. On a road trip between Texas and Williamsburg, I realized we would be passing through Amherst and remembered that was the name of a birthplace I had seen on my family tree at some point … Continue reading Montgomerys in Amherst County, part 1
DNA Surprises
There is an excellent article in the Washington Post today: "She thought she was Irish -- until a DNA test opened a 100-year-old-mystery. " So many people are taking DNA tests these days. It is cool, for sure, to learn or confirm your ethnicity. But sometimes there are definitely very big surprises, and not always … Continue reading DNA Surprises
The Clan Montgomery Society
I'm now a card-carrying member of the Clan Montgomery Society! Here's how the Montgomery branch of my family tree looks (as corrected on August 6, 2017): My father was Kenneth Oliver Montgomery, born September 6, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dad died of small cell lung cancer in Hurst, Texas, on January 6, 1997, and we … Continue reading The Clan Montgomery Society
A mystery for Sherlock
Years ago, my mother showed me a picture. She said she had been told a long time ago that the picture was of her Goldman grandparents. Here is the picture in question: Even before my mother's memory began to fail, she was an unreliable witness as to who was in that picture or, really, in … Continue reading A mystery for Sherlock
My Family Tree Finder 