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Secret Genealogy Books Available in Print
Just a heads up informing that all three of the “Secret Genealogy” books are now available in print. Thanks for reading my blog and my books! Suellen Ocean Secret Genealogy (paperback and… more →
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Secret Genealogy Books Available in Print
wrote 1 week ago: Just a heads up informing that all three of the “Secret Genealogy” books are now availab … more →
Genealogy: Clues for Finding Hidden Ancestry
wrote 9 months ago: After Spain and Portugal’s Inquisitions, Jews who forcibly became “New Christians” and “ … more →
Genealogy: Where Are the Jews? OMG, Are They Our Ancestors?
wrote 9 months ago: Judging by the number of Christians throughout the world, not only were the Catholic Monarchy’ … more →
Do You Have Questions About Freemasonry, Religion and Ancestry?
wrote 10 months ago: I find fiction a great way to explore our curiosities. Mine is a deep fascination with Freemasonry a … more →
Crypto-Jewish Ancestors In Your Family Tree?
wrote 10 months ago: Many of the Jews that were forced to leave Spain had previously (for their safety and security) conv … more →
The Anti-Semitic Politics of Medieval Trade Guilds
wrote 10 months ago: The barring of Jews from guilds (established by shopkeepers to protect against competition) made it … more →
Genealogy: Sorting Through Biblical Names, Were They Christians or Jews?
wrote 11 months ago: Historians and genealogists will tell you that parents gave their children Biblical names because th … more →
Do Your Dead Ancestors Beckon You? Take the Leap...
wrote 11 months ago: If you can’t take a few leaps, you are not ready to begin the quest. At first your clues seem … more →
Ancient Indonesian Islamic Ancestors
wrote 11 months ago: If your Dutch, Portuguese or English ancestor took a native of Banten (today’s Indonesia) as a … more →
No Wonder Ancestors Are So Hard to Track
wrote 1 year ago: In America there are some who believe their original surname is “Williams” when it was o … more →
The Babylonians - Wow
wrote 1 year ago: More than four thousand years before the Christian era, the Babylonians were culturing themselves in … more →
Lost: Crypto-Jewish Sacred Names of Our Christian Ancestors
wrote 1 year ago: Through the ages, people became very creative in the ways they altered their names. Many non-Jewish … more →
What Was the Babylonian Exile? Were My Ancestors Jews?
wrote 1 year ago: History puts a date on the first Diaspora from the Land of Israel, also known as the Babylonian exil … more →
Hidden Jewish Ancestry, Is it Just in the Name?
wrote 1 year ago: The variety of surname prefixes and endings that came about in the Netherlands after the Inquisition … more →
I'm French, I'm German, I'm a Latino ... Are You Really???
wrote 1 year ago: I guess, if you say so but I find it difficult these days to say I’m anything except all the a … more →
I'm Not Jewish So Why Do I Do It?
wrote 1 year ago: I’m a little shy about telling people that my novels are about medieval Jews who pretend to be Chris … more →
Indentured Servants, Slaves and Open-Minded Loving People, They Were Our Ancestors
wrote 1 year ago: The first African Americans came to the colonies as Indentured Servants and in the early colony of V … more →
