Genealogists who have some length in their genealogical teeth talk about the importance of knowing the […]
All of have probably forgotten to do this at one time or another–look at the right […]
One clue to learning more about your ancestor is determining why he moved from one point […]
On 7 September 1897, Thomas M. Graves filled out his first circular requesting family information from […]
I use the leafy hints and suggested matches at Ancestry.com for the occasional clue, particularly if […]
Tips and Tricks of Deciphering German Handwriting: A Translator’s Tricks of the Trade for Transcribing German […]
As we delve further into his pension file, there are some other irregularities with Thomas Graves. […]
In his letter of 15 December of 1914 , C. M. Stewart of North Liberty, Iowa, […]
This is part of a newspaper article that appeared in one of the Quincy, Illinois, newspapers […]
Typically administrators are appointed because there was no valid will left by the deceased. Yet there […]
They say “DNA never lies,” but according to messages on some message boards and social media […]
This document comes from the guardianship of Mary Brown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The mother and […]
(slightly edited on 7 pm eastern time 25 April 2019). There are reports that ThruLines […]
ThruLines at AncestryDNA helped me find another descendant of my ancestors William and Rebecca (Tinsley) Newman who has […]
The Standards Manual written by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) talks about assumptions and on pages […]
It’s one of the loose documents in the Civil War pension application file for David […]
A declaration for pension made out by David A. Newman on 22 May 1912 in Linn […]
I wondered why they were all dressed up. There had to have been some sort of […]
I was wrong. ThruLines at AncestryDNA in their display of data in my ThruLines descent is indicating […]
The 1823 death entry in the church records of the Evangelical church in Wohlmuthausen, Thuringen, Germany, […]
I made a joke on one of my Facebook pages and on my Twitter feed: Ever […]
I’ve been reviewing in bits and pieces my copy of the Genealogy Standards Manual written by the […]
ThruLines at AncestryDNA is a clue and can be helpful in sorting matches that have trees […]
It seems like there have been some changes to ThruLines since I first experimented with it. […]
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