Genealogy Search Leads Australian Woman to Vallejo, California

The following excerpt is from an article written by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen and posted in the July 25, 2014 edition of timesheraldonline.com:

Genealogy work often requires much deep and time-consuming sleuthing, but often pays satisfying dividends for those interested in their family history and connections. Such was the case with Margery Morrison of Australia, whose climb through her husband’s family tree revealed a Vallejo connection the couple could not have imagined.

The Times-Herald caught up with her during a recent visit to the Mare Island Museum, where she was able to see an exhibit about her husband’s long-lost great granduncle, Willam Halford, one of three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients buried on Mare Island. It was a long and winding road that lead her from Queensland, Australia, to England and eventually, to Vallejo.

Read the full article.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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