Melanie Proctor
My Hamilton Question: Who Was Sherilda Frances Hamilton's Mother?
Today is an anniversary I should have remembered, not just as a fan of the musical, but because I may have a common ancestor with the...
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Professional Genealogy Research
Melanie Proctor
- Dec 6, 2023
- 3 min
How to Use Genealogy to Find Next-of-Kin
I had every intention of posting something new every month, with the thought I’d focus this space on a mix of personal family history and...
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Melanie Proctor
- Aug 18, 2023
- 4 min
A Brick Wall---For Now
Every family historian runs into one at some point: a brick wall. That impossible ancestor, the one you can’t figure out. Sometimes, it’s...
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Melanie Proctor
- Jul 4, 2023
- 2 min
Independence Day
As I research my family history, my fifth great-grandparents don’t feel so far out of reach. Learning family history brings life to the...
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Melanie Proctor
- Jun 5, 2023
- 7 min
Strong Like a Mother
An obituary caught my eye last month. In describing the career of a recently deceased D.C. Superior Court judge, it stated, “At the time,...
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Melanie Proctor
- May 8, 2023
- 3 min
Why Passiflora Research?
When I started this venture, I (maybe unwisely) chose not to use my own name for the business.[1] Anything close to a tree reference was...
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