Every family historian, from beginner to advanced, will benefit from a thorough review of birth records.
Every recreational activity, whether it is a sport such as golf or a hobby such as genealogy, has certain fundamental elements that must be understood and practiced. Without mastering these fundamentals, an individual cannot expect to have much success with the activity.
Years, distance, and over-extended lifestyles too often separate us from those we care about these days. So when a chance to bond again with long-absent family and friends at a reunion comes around, most of us will do everything we can to be there. This summer people everywhere will be getting together to celebrate some common cause and to enjoy each other’s company.
On 21 February 1945, an American fighter plane crashed down in the English countryside. Over the past five years, the little village of North Stifford in Essex had been no stranger to German, English, and American planes flying overhead. But this time a plane had fallen from the sky.
Thirteen-year-old Ken Rydings was attending school when the screech of the plane caught his attention.