The following databases are showing as updated on FamilySearch since our last posting: Texas, County Marriage […]
We are offering the following genealogical webinars in July: Missing 1840 Census Enumeration Genealogical Terms and […]
I’m still sifting through materials on Jacob Baker (father-in-law of my ancestor Benjamin Butler’s probable brother […]
Our series on Henry Goldenstein continues with the Quincy Whig-Journal providing additional background on Goldenstein. [continued from Quincy […]
This has been published before, but I’m reposting as it is just as timely as ever. […]
The 1915 Iowa State Census is available on FamilySearch. Unfortunately the microfilmed images are cards–one card […]
There is not really a fix, but rather a workaround on the search irregularity that was […]
The following databases are showing as updated or new on FamilySearch since our last update: Kentucky, Vital […]
Sound genealogy methodology as espoused in the Board for Certification of Genealogists’ Genealogical Standards Manual indicates that an […]
Quincy Whig-Journal, 10 July 1921 (Quincy Public Library website, “Newspaper Archive”) State’s Atrorney Garner and […]
This image is a good example of what not to do. I made the paper copies […]
The Board for Certification of Genealogists 50th Anniversary edition of the Genealogical Standards Manual provides an overview […]
Evidence Explained can be used to determine how to compose a citation for a specific item […]
On any document that provides an age, when that age ends in a zero I am […]
It is not often one finds a contract for a tombstone from the 1860 era that includes […]
When making digital copies of records, it can be tempting to create file names that are […]
Creating autogenerated text is apparently more difficult than one would think in the new “lifestories” at […]
There has been a lot of talk about the “new look” of Ancestry.com. I’m not going to […]
Revolutionary War pensions are not always about the veteran. They are always about establishing a claim […]
I really hope that I’m doing something wrong. A search for the last name of Trautvetter […]
Tracking the current location of family bibles can be difficult. Any descendant of the original owner […]
On the surface it may seem advantageous to research an item that appears in more than […]
The following databases are showing as updated since our last posting: North Carolina, Probate Records, […]
To protect the anonymity of the author, I’ve changed a few key details of three sentences […]
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