Fold3.com is digitizing a variety of National Archives and Records Administration and making them available to their […]
It’s rare for one newspaper clipping to suggest as many records as this one does. But […]
Melinda Sledd (Newman) was born about 1799, probably in Amherst County, Virginia. She married Augusta Newman […]
I’ve been asked to speak at the annual Ufkes reunion in Carthage, Illinois, early in July. […]
Augusta Newman was born in Maryland in the late 1790s and died in White County, Indiana, […]
Our goals here are simple: share research frustrations discuss methods and sources discuss pitfalls and ways […]
We are offering two new webinars on 6 July: Before You Cross that 19th Century Pond […]
I was in high school and I wanted to join First Families of Ohio. The reason […]
It exists. I’ve been there. But you can’t search your matches AncestryDNA for individuals born in Tioga, […]
To facilitate my own use of my results on AncestryDNA, I posted my tree which I […]
I maintain the following blogs. Each has a separate mailing list. Each has subscribe/unsubscribe links on […]
I know where “Chili” is in Hancock County, Illinois, but apparently there’s a part of it […]
Ancestry.com is indicating that it’s “U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947” is updated as of […]
The Allen County Public Library is one of the largest genealogical libraries in the United States. […]
“Years After Leaving–An Estate Settlement” did not really discuss where to go next based upon the […]
Federal land records from the United States Bureau of Land Management are one of those types […]
Typically one does not look for estate settlement information on someone who has not lived in […]
Hinrich Sartorius was born Ostfriesland, Germany, in 1837 and died in Adams County, Illinois, in 1912. […]
Tips & Quips for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills arrived a while back and I’ve […]
Ebay is an occasional genealogical temptation. Today I made another discovery on Ebay and gave into temptation. The image […]
I’m still playing with my results on AncestryDNA, so I’m still learning. However there is one thing […]
Johann Luken Jurgens Ehmen Goldenstein was born in 1814 in Wrisse, Ostfriesland, Germany, where he died […]
There is still room to join me on my annual trip to the Allen County Public […]
Maria (Bruns) Fecht was born in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany, and died probably in Hancock County, Illinois, […]
I have hundreds of cousin matches on AncestryDNA. I’m not yet certain how many I will […]
I spent a successful week in Salt Lake at the Family History Library with my group. […]
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