Nancy Dru
Genealogy, Gardening and Good Food
Explore genealogy and include everyday living in your personal family stories. Here, I share my day-to-day life, and you never know what I will uncover until I blog about it. Check out the menu for different categories or read my latest post to see what’s new! If you like my blog, join my post alert to stay updated—scroll down to sign up!

You would think January would be an easy month as far as the Pickle Patch, but nope, it is just as busy. I might not be harvesting much, but the only plants hanging in there before the Artic blast are …
Do you want to know if you’re related to famous people like royalty, presidents, or entertainers? Here’s your chance to investigate! Use Relative Finder, developed by the expert sleuths at Brigham Young University (BYU), to uncover hidden connections based on your FamilySearch tree.
Watch this quick video by Family History Technology Lab BYU to learn how to use Relative Finder and embark on your own family history investigation:
If you don’t have a tree in FamilySearch, no worries! Check out my blog post: Relative Finder: Are you related to famous people? to get started.
No investigation is perfect, and there may be hidden discrepancies. As FamilySearch, the one-world ancestry tree, is an open-source collaborative effort.
Zoom-in on my day-to-day adventures-in-bite-sized posts! Whether I’m making shaggy bread at home, out at the ‘Patch’, or cracking an ancestry case, I love sharing what I’ve learned and special moments with my readers. I hope you zoom in often!
Recently, I watched Jimmy Carter’s funeral on YouTube, and what I found very touching was when the Ford and …
Nancy Dru Focus
Ancestry is all about documenting your family story, which goes beyond dates and documents. It can include family favorite recipes, family treasures, hobbies, memories, photos, stories, and videos. You make it uniquely yours. Happy Sleuthing!