Gaetano Brandi, The Man of Feeling, or the Gentleman’s Musical Repository ~ Music of the 18th century and beyond.

Gaetano Brandi 1728 - 1829 Gaetano's death record states he was 101 years old when he died and was buried at St. Pancras, the 28th of May in 1829. We know little about him before he married Rebecca Dando in London 1790. But a couple of newspaper mentions let us know he was playing music, … Continue reading Gaetano Brandi, The Man of Feeling, or the Gentleman’s Musical Repository ~ Music of the 18th century and beyond.

Hot Tamales ~ Delicious Family History

Mamma. OMG, did she ever love Hot Tamales. There was good reason though. Bruno Mancha brought the best hot tamales on the face of the earth to Birmingham, Alabama, I'll bet it could be close to 100 years ago. We need pictures of Mancha's on 20th Street South. Pictures of the Tamale push carts and … Continue reading Hot Tamales ~ Delicious Family History

What can one do with their haplogroup(s)? A Latvian Cousin

I will claim a cousin anyway. What can one do with their haplogroup? I am H10a1. You can go to several websites to look for your haplogroup in the skeletons of ancient people who have been sequenced! I am H10a1 and my mother's father was an R1a haplogroup, which is loosely associated with coming from … Continue reading What can one do with their haplogroup(s)? A Latvian Cousin

DNA.Land Is Back ~ Step Right Up And Join ~ Its Free!

For all you folks, like me, that have enjoyed DNA.Land these last years, you will have heard that the original project ended. All the files are deleted. BUT!!! The wonderful software with the website and information about our DNA will continue if we join again. You will have to register and upload your DNA just … Continue reading DNA.Land Is Back ~ Step Right Up And Join ~ Its Free!

Newspapers, My First Love For Research ~ R.I.P. The Toronto Star’s Pages Of The Past, At least for most of the world

Geeze Loueezz. Update coming. The story of the lost newspaper archives' plots thicken. More information has been sent about where the dear Pages of the Past has been relegated to and still not a word about CH 1844 😦   I shudder as a genealogist to think what I would not know about our Toronto … Continue reading Newspapers, My First Love For Research ~ R.I.P. The Toronto Star’s Pages Of The Past, At least for most of the world