A sudden death is difficult. It’s especially difficult when the person is relatively young and far […]
I”ve actually had this 1868 marriage record for sometime. It is an easy one on which […]
I have them as well as anyone else: unidentified pictures. I could just kick myself. My […]
The following database is showing as updated since our last posting: Florida Marriages, 1830-1993
Partners in crime may have had more than just a criminal connection. There may have been […]
Unusual names are good and bad. They are good because they stand out like a sore […]
Nicknames and diminutives can frustrate genealogists. Adolphena Katherine Trautvetter is one of those individuals. As we’ve […]
The following databases are showing as updated since our last FamilySearch posting: North Carolina, Probate Records, […]
The executor of the estate of Barbara Haase claimed that he could not determine to whom […]
I’m not certain what was wrong with Johann Ufkes in the early 1880s. There are two […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that the last name in this will was supposed […]
The following databases are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch since our last update: Delaware Vital […]
Last week I gave a webinar on creating genealogical blog content. As regular readers know, I’m […]
FamilySearch has posted an update to the following database since our last posting: Vermont, Town Clerk, […]
Using Online City and Regional Directories This session will provides an overview of city and regional […]
This is the third in a series of image from the 1807 estate sale list from Stephen […]
I really was not looking for this when I came across it online at Hathitrust.org. It is a […]
Yesterday’s post “When You Are Dead You Are Dead” got me to thinking about prioritizing the […]
There are times when the more redundant a statement is, the more truth it actually contains. […]
[the original version of this post was posted to our old site on 19 May 2015. […]
After a virtual hiatus of about three years, I’m getting back in the speaking game. I […]
In Evidence Explained, Elizabeth Shown Mills discusses “The Name’s the Same” Rule (page 28–3rd edition). She […]
This is the second in a series of image from the 1807 estate sale list from Stephen […]
Using Online City and Regional Directories 23 June 2015–7:00 pm Central Standard Time This session […]
[an earlier version of this post ran on the old blog on 29 May 2013] I’ve […]
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