New in GenTales on Medium – From Rags to Riches and Back Again
While writing the lineage books on my family, I noticed an interesting trend…
Discounted Genealogy PDFs
Until Nov. 28, the genealogy PDFs on Ko-Fi are reduced 25% – use code GEN25
New in GenTales on Substack
An Irish immigrant lineage – the children of Henry O’Neill and Nancy Lee. An excerpt from My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 1
Excerpt from Cousins of Nunney Castle
New in GenTales on Substack is a listing of the 20 children of two Prather sisters who married two cousins – one Sprigg and one Yates.
This lineage is in Cousins of Nunney Castle: Four Hundred Years of Praters from England to Indiana
U.S. Military Records – GenTales newsletter
New in the GenTales newsletter on Substack – Military Records and Resources in the U.S.
Includes links to the National Archives and information on what is available and to whom, as well as FOIA request links.
Halloween Special!
Throughout October, get the ebook Immortal Legacy by AP Neal free on Smashwords. Use coupon code GSVV4.
From Medieval Trade to American Colonization
New in GenTales on Medium – The Livery and Merchants’ Guilds of London: My ancestors’ roles in trade and colonization. With mention of ancestors from My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 2.
New in Genealogy – The children of Silas England (with pictures)
Genealogy – Lincoln and O’Neil Children
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New on Medium – Both Maeflowers and GenTales Have Something of Interest
New in GenTales is a discussion about hoarding history. The value is not in hiding sentimental keepsakes away, it’s in the glimpse they offer of the past.
New in Maeflowers is a short review of the causes of Aicardi syndrome, a rare genetic disorder in which the brain does not fully develop. The exact mechanism that causes it is still unclear, but the theories are leading somewhere. Read about them here.