By Nancy Jennings The clues are there, yet there is a bit of a mystery about who you really are. Your great-grandmother came from Bulgaria and your great-grandfather was a Methodist minister in Montreal, Canada. But what else do you know about your genealogy? To discover the answers, turn to the sleuths with Silverton’s Ancestry Detectives. With diligence, patience and […]
Roxanne Walstrom discovered she’s related to a Mayflower pilgrim and there’s a possibility she has an English knight in the family, though she hasn’t confirmed it yet. Ethel Bryant has traced her mother’s genealogical roots to Joan of Arc.
By Kathy Cook Hunter Ever wondered where your ancestors came from, what they looked like and what they did for a living? Tracing your genealogy may be a way to solve the mystery. A year ago, the Silver Falls Library in Silverton offered a class called “Genealogy 101,” and from it sprang a club, “Ancestry Detectives.” Lynn Williams of Silverton, […]
