We have released the recording of my latest webinar: “Working with Your AncestryDNA Matches.” We focused […]
Ida (Trautvetter) Neill was born in Wythe Township, Hancock County, Illinois, in 1910 and died near […]
In “Details the Estate Settlement Does Not Care About,” we saw an 1871 era estate document […]
Introductions matter. The microfilmer of the St. Joseph County, Michigan, Deed Index (Volume 1) indicated that […]
I’m working on my speaking and seminar schedule for 2018 and beyond. If your group sponsors […]
Thomas Chaney was born in Maryland in the 1780s and died in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in […]
Genealogists rely upon records often created by courts and lawyers for specific legal purposes. The 19th […]
[this is reposted from our old site] I’m not certain of the origin of this joke, […]
New information is always good to get. The problem is that the temptation is to right […]
We’ve moved the date of this presentation to 15 September. Registrations are no longer being accepted, […]
Erasmus and Anna Catharina (Gross) Trautvetter of Wohlmuthausen, Thuringia, Germany, did not immigrate to the United […]
On 30 August I was in ten circles on AncestryDNA. I’ve been removed again from the circle […]
Occasionally I get asked “why” I mention errors and other issues at Ancestry.com. There is really one reason: […]
Ancestry.com announced an update of their yearbook collection. A quick search of the database indicated two things: my […]
Registration ends today (7 September) for my new webinar on AncestryDNA–“Working with Your DNA Matches.” This session […]
The partial answer to what happened to the eight children of Erasmus and Anna Catharina Trautvetter […]
I’ve been writing quite a bit about the Trautvetter family lately. Perhaps a little more than […]
Here a Johann, there a Johann, everywhere a Johann. The problem is that they were not […]
Wilhelmine (Trautvetter) Senf Kraft is one of those people with a big gap in her life–at […]
I knew the transcription was wrong. My seventy-one year old ancestor was not living with his […]
Christian Troutfetter was born Thuringen, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in the 1850s. He […]
Sound genealogy methodology requires that conclusions be revisited when new information is obtained. That’s exactly what […]
The gentleman I hired to research the records of Helmershausen, Thuringia, Germany, has located the children […]
It is frustrating when they write over incorrect information on a record. Ida Trautvetter was baptized […]
Many words used in legal documents have specific legal definitions. Failing to understand those terms can […]
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