The Family Treehouse: Episode #21

Ellen calls herself the Family History Hound, and she’s been interested in genealogy since her teens when she asked her great-grandmother, Elizabeth Alice Clark, questions about her family. That was back in the days of snail mail, and so she put her genealogy aside while she was raising her family. But once they were grown, she realized she had the time, and she’s been doing family history ever since. She got interested in DNA in 2010 because she knew it was the only way she was going to solve two of the mysteries in her family.

She has three passions: genealogy, genetic genealogy, and preserving her digital legacy, and she loves to share. She’s a storyteller, and she’s the child of storytellers.

Ellen thinks it’s so important to not only share your ancestors’ stories, but your own story as well. After all, you’ll be someone’s ancestor someday.

Some of the things she does:

• Panelist on the Monday with Myrt YouTube show https://www.youtube.com/@DearMYRTLEArchive.   
• Freelance writing for family history sites.
• Thrifting and selling on eBay and Etsy. That’s her excuse for being able to go to yard sales!

Ellen has an online store called Shop the Hound  https://www.shopthehound.com/. She’s created a discount code called Treehouse, and if used at checkout on her store, people can get a 25% discount on the Genie Journal and  The Story of You – The Star.

The Genie Journal is a Journal where you can write your stories. It offers writing prompts and tips from genealogists around the world.

The Story of You is a weekly writing prompt email that helps you tell your story. You can purchase it in four sessions or bundle it all together and save.

Listen on Spotify HERE.