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If you are Cornish and Genealogy is your thing … this is a great project

Today’s Tip For The *Real World* Genealogist is especially cool for our Cornish Cousins, the Cornish Global Migration Programme.  My tip is to get to know the CGMP!Murdoch House, Cross Street, Redruth,...

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Remember your love stories when you compile your family history and genealogy.

This story originally was published in the January 2012 issue of the Save Ellis Island Newsletter.  See http://www.SaveEllisIsland.orgRecipe:  Take one Cornishman.  Add one Cornishwoman.  Remove...

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New Pages Are On The Way: Bohemia/Czech, Cornwall, and Italy Genealogy Resources

Not too long to wait now!  Onward To Our Past® is pleased to make the following announcement:We will be launching new pages here for the website soon, possibly later today!One for...

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New Pages Are On The Site for Cornwall, Italy, and Bohemia/Czech Republic...

CELEBRATE!  CELEBRATE!They are up ….. and they are live!Onward To Our Past® is pleased to announce that three new Resource Pages have been added to the website/blog!One covers Republic of Italy……..One...

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Rest in peace, Susan Old, Cornish family historian and genealogy expert...

Our genealogy community lost a real gem today.Susan Old is the fourth from the left seen here at the 10th anniversary of the Cornwall OPC.I am sad to report that hours ago Susan Old of Cornwall passed...

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The Cornish are the purest! DNA proves it, genealogy shows it …. like we...

This story comes to us from The Telegraph in the United Kingdom.A coming DNA report will be showing that the Cornish and Welsh are the ‘truest Britons’!The Cornish DNA rules Britannia!Like those of us...

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Cash vs. Care and U.K. Churchyards

As first published in the Huffington Post United Kingdom:The author, Scott Phillips, in the churchyard in St. Minver with a Phillips gravestone from 1654.I am quick to admit that the current economic...

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Genealogy and the Cornish Diaspora

Genealogy and the Cornish DiasporaDiaspora: “A noun from the Greek, diaspeirein, meaning to scatter; the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland.”...

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History and Genealogy – Be sure to ‘go deep’ with both for interest and...

There is much value to be gained by ‘going deep’ in our family history, genealogy, and the history of the times in which those ancestors lived their lives.I recently uncovered an example of how ‘going...

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Cornish Genealogy and A Diaspora Profile

Cornish Genealogy and A Diaspora Profile: The Thomas Phillips Allen Family — Perranzabuloe to Ishpeming — From Cornish to Yupper.Many of my ancestors were a part of the Great Cornish Diaspora. While...

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Cornish Genealogy: Digging up your ancestors and the fun of discovery

Cornish Genealogy: Digging up your ancestors and the fun of discoveryMy grandfather (or Gramps as he preferred), E. G. Phillipps (1888-1970), which he changed to Phillips ‘on the fly’ sometime after...

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Genealogy Tip O’ the Day: Get off your duff to find the really good stuff!

Genealogy Tip O’ the Day: Get off your duff to find the really good stuff! I’ll be the first to say I love how much genealogy information is on the Internet now. It’s lovely and it certainly is a load...

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