This stone for Riley Rampley in Buckeye Cemetery, Hancock County, Illinois is somewhat faded (and my […]
To be honest, I never gave it much thought. The probate settlement of John J. Trautvetter […]
It’s not a new release (in fact it won a Pulitizer Prize for history in 2014), […]
The first two images I have had for some time, it is just now that I […]
This image comes from the Rockford [Illinois] Forum of 9 January 1850. Apparently the former recorder […]
I’ve often seen ages listed in fractions of a year 1/12, 2/12, etc. but it is […]
We are excited to offer this new online class downloadable class on using US census records. […]
As of the date of this post, according to the “Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866,” nearly […]
James Corbin was the witness on the naturalization of Samuel Neill in Hancock County, Illinois, on […]
I’ve seen copies of the 1859 plat map of Hancock County, Illinois. I even have a […]
…now resides in the county of Bedford, and state of Virginia, and has resided there for […]
This 1922 account from the Nebraska State Journal contains more clues that one usually finds in […]
There’s often more to a tombstone than just one side. This picture of the tombstone for […]
Carl Sandburg College’s Corporate and Leisure College will be hosting an all-day ” Beginning with Your […]
There’s been a great deal of talk about potential changes at Ancestry.com. Quite a bit of […]
On what was probably a warm day in June of 1818 in what was probably Bedford […]
FamilySearch allows users to enter in fields in search boxes for those fields even if the […]
This image comes from the estate of my Peter Bieger which was probated in Hancock County, […]
I copied the entire file during a recent trip to the Family History Library in Salt […]
Looking at the original is always advised because indexes are occasionally incorrect and (because they are […]
I’ve mentioned the US Patents database at Google before (http://patents.google.com/). I made at least one very […]
I’m a reserved fan of ThruLines(tm) at AncestryDNA as long as it is used with the […]
This presentation has been recorded and is available for immediate download. If you ordered and did […]
I’ve been experimenting with the groups feature at AncestryDNA. Like many analytical techniques, practice and experimentation […]
Going back to the original continues to be excellent genealogical advice. Ancestry.com in search results from […]
It was quite a sum of money for a widow of advanced age in rural Bedford […]
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