Genealogy Cafe
My mum passed away on 31st July this year. As a lifelong genealogist, it's time to tell the story of the lives of my ancestors, especially my parents, and I'm going to tell stories about my own life and my adventures in family history. Some of the stories are told in the words of my ancestors.
These are my "Goes Personal" episodes. I'm also restoring the 5 episodes that I originally published in 2020-21.
Genealogy Cafe
Mother's maiden names
In today’s episode, I talk about how mother’s maiden names can help our research with a couple of examples. I'm publishing this in response to comments from members at my online community, asking me to talk about how I do family history.
This topic may be of interest to you if you’re just starting to explore your family history.
Go to 06:42 if you understand the significance of mother's maiden name and would just like to listen to the "challenges" where I talk about specific problems related to mother's maiden name and how to solve them.
Websites mentioned on this episode:
- Find My Past - for FREE birth, marriage and death index look-ups
- General Record Office - for FREE birth/death look-ups and certificate orders
- Genealogy Cafe online community - now closed