Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

I recently clicked on a hint in my FamilySearch  Family Tree. And I'm so glad I did! The hint was for the marriage record of my maternal...

Today I had a very nice person contact me to tell me that we are mtDNA matches on Family Tree DNA. Isn't that awesome!? We had a nice ch...

Oops! I missed my 9th blogiversary. It was actually on April 5th. Wow! How has it already been nine years since I began this blog? I haven...

Sometime last year, I went to the Minnesota Historical Society's website and ordered the death certificate for Ole Anthon Christopherso...

In a  previous post I wondered if I could find land records for my paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Ole Anthon Christopherson. I think I fou...