After almost one and a half year we finally had the opportunity last week to meet fellow genealogists again. The last time we attended a genealogy event was in February 2020 when we visited Salt Lake City for RootsTech. Cruise The reason why two of them – Angie and Kyle – were in Europe was Read more…
This month we were surprised a few times. We received the results for our DNA test with 23andme. Add to that our appearance in the WikiTree Challenge and you will understand why we are so pleased. DNA We took our first DNA test in 2017 when we were attending Who Do You Think You Are Read more…
On this day exactly 400 years ago – 22 March 1621 – a man fled from his imprisonment in Loevestein Castle. His name was Hugo de Groot or Hugo Grotius, one of the greatest legal scholars of all time. His escape became world famous: he hid in a book chest and was smuggled out of Read more…