For those who missed the Daily Genealogy Transcriber, it has returned! You can find out more about […]
This 1885 census for Davis County, Iowa, contains the entry for Frederick and Lucretia (Sargent) Price. […]
I did a little searching and reminded myself that I have seven ancestors listed in the […]
reprinted from our old blog A “Genealogy Tip of the Day” reminded me of another element […]
I’ll be honest. I never really gave much thought to when the telephone came to areas […]
Registration for my DNAPainter webinar ends at noon central time on 6 November. Our introductory rate […]
I’m scheduled to be the May 2019 seminar speaker for a the San Mateo Genealogical Society‘s Spring […]
It’s frustrating when DNA matches do not respond, but it’s a simple fact of life. Getting […]
Ancestry.com recently updated their “U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969.” As usual, the best […]
There’s a site of historical USGS maps that may help you disprove that story of Grandpa […]
We’ve run this before, but I thought it was timely and we’ve modified it slightly.  Voting […]
I maintain the following genealogy blogs: Rootdig.com—Michael’s thoughts, research problems, suggestions, and whatever else crosses his […]
In “The Right to Vote,” the importance of knowing contemporary law was discussed as it applied […]
[this is not a political post] This blog post is a little different and is just […]
A little review of the Ancestry.com’s “U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969” in light […]
Sometimes one wonders about Ancestry.com and the proofreaders they have in their database department. The “browse this […]
If finding relatives is not enough, AncestryDNA now allows for an additional “analysis” of your DNA test results. […]
Ancestry.com recently updated their “U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969” and have given […]
It’s great to discover that uncles of an ancestor have served in 19th century US military […]
Maybe it’s time we had a “Genealogical Budget Standard.” After all, we have a “Genealogical Proof […]
This is the signature portion of a mortgage executed by three of my ancestors on 15 […]
Census records that only list heads of household are one of those records that people sometimes […]
I realized I wrote about “statements” before (“Statements, Genealogical Statements, and Definitions“). The reason I feel that there […]
AncestryDNA has slightly modified what users see when they view their DNA matches. The amount of shared […]
In Ancestry.com‘s “Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011,” the Social Security numbers have been “removed” from the images […]
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