Genealogy is more art than people realize. I’m not talking about watercolors Grandma painted or oil […]
We are excited to announce that our book of early tips has been released for sale. […]
Between approximately 1850 and 1883, twenty-two of my maternal ancestors “crossed the pond.” They left from Ostfriesland, […]
In the old days of genealogy, we were told to fill out “research logs” where we […]
This image comes from part of an expense submission by John Herbert to the estate of […]
It is frustrating when a record is only partially filmed or digitized. That’s what happened with […]
I’ve have quite a few double and triple cousins. Some of them are not all that […]
The more I look through things, the more I realize that I also have holes and […]
I was looking through some of my recent blog posts and I realized how many of […]
Let’s just say this insanity record comes from the record on a relative in Illinois. It […]
Undated newspaper clippings and other paper materials are frustrating for the genealogist. It always pays to […]
I’ve been thinking about “boring ancestors” lately and the feeling by some that it’s necessary to […]
Part of a 1796 deed in Harford County, Maryland, from James Rampley to Jesse Kent states: […]
What is the difference between indirect evidence and direct evidence? One good example is a voter’s list. Since a […]
We’re been working it for a while now–a book of some of our earliest genealogy tips. […]
On 24 November 1806, James Tinsley and another man signed a note that they promised to […]
Just a few thoughts on inferences, consistency….not an official “edict,” but an out loud commentary more […]
One of my aunts had her first child in the 1870s. About five years later she […]
We all get assumptions in our heads based upon our own experience. No matter how good […]
I’ve used the dots to help with some visual sorting of my DNA matches at AncestryDNA. […]
Agricultural census schedules are not always just about farming. They can also provide clues to what […]
November 10th was always the day. The one day a year my great-grandparents, Mimka and Tjode […]
I’m working on a man I’ll call Bubba Bartels who was born in the later 18th […]
Apparently the “Big Tree” at AncestryDNA has pulled information from some interesting submissions for my Neill […]
This complaint runs around the internet like the proverbial chicken with its head cut off. But […]
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