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Breaking the brick wall
Posted by: Ralph on the 3 July 2010 | Permalink
looking at all recorded Scottish births around the 1784 time frame and surprisingly it is not many
Visiting the South Island, New Zealand
Posted by: Ralph on the 18 April 2010 | Permalink
The massive forest of trees that once stood, Rimu, Kauri and Totara were all milled in the late 1800’s and the various old homesteads are long gone.
The end of an era
Posted by: Ralph on the 21 February 2010 | Permalink
Life continues but some gaps are never filled
1841 UK Census
Posted by: Ralph on the 9 January 2010 | Permalink
Not sure how Dowie became Dowen, perhaps a Scottish accent
Genealogy blues
Posted by: Ralph on the 26 September 2009 | Permalink
I have hit many genealogy brick walls in the past few years and the Dowie wall is the hardest to knock down.
Y-DNA R Subclade
Posted by: Ralph on the 28 June 2009 | Permalink
the subclade test reveals a result of R1b1b2a1a (S21+, aka M405)
DNA Genealogy
Posted by: Ralph on the 10 April 2009 | Permalink
My paternal haplogroup arose from 7 key detectable genetic events over the past 100,000 years and the genetic changes that occurred over time, resulting in its present day form.
Finally I’m “live” and broadcasting to all and sundry!
Posted by: Seb on the 13 January 2009 | Permalink
Hello world – finally I’m “live” and broadcasting to all and sundry. This is a major step in getting my various family trees onto the web.