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I’ve stripped the identifying details because these individuals were alive during my lifetime. The thought process […]
Irish research isn’t easy, but knowing what is available and having a plan can help. That’s […]
The screen above is one of the results from a search for “Freund” as a last […]
Sounds matter more than spelling. Consider a name as potentially being a match to your person […]
It took me years to locate a signature of John Michael Trautvetter who died in Hancock […]
I’m reading “They Were Her Property” by Stephanie Jones-Rogers. The 2019 release by Yale University Press […]
Determining if your ancestor filed a Timber Claim under the Timber Culture Act of 1873 can […]
Due to a scheduling conflict, we’ve moved our Beginning Irish research webinar to 30 October at […]
Ancestry’s “California, Death Index, 1940-1997” is one of those databases that contains data elements that are […]
Jurgen Goldenstein died in Hawthorne, California, in 1972. His estate was probated in Los Angeles County […]
The 1925 Carthage College yearbook’s reference to Clara Engelhardt indicated that “this year her thoughts wander […]
There was some time when I believed that William C. Rhodes (born in 1831 and lived […]
We are excited to offer new and updated sessions of these two popular presentations. If you […]
Widow’s pension applications are full of statements by neighbors, associates, and relatives testifying to the marriage […]
Readers know that I hate genealogy “games.” I think most of them are time wasters and […]
FamilySearch has had the Bureau of Land Management Tract Books (titled: United States, Bureau of Land […]
There is something gratifying about finding your ancestor’s name in a record, particularly one that is […]
Even seemingly meaningless clippings like this reference to a broken hip can be useful. This item […]
It is not fancy, but it is functional. I find it easier to make initial drawings […]
At first it appears confusing. One of my AncestryDNA matches shows us as sharing 20 cM […]
The ability to merge sources (particularly census) into a tree at Ancestry.com is really a nice […]
This is one of the pages from the guardianship of Silas and Laura Barcus from Champaign […]
We’ve changed a few names and details to make the example slightly easier to follow. Henry […]
John Tankersly purchased the horse of Thomas Sledd in the early 1800s in Amherst County, Virginia, […]
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