You don’t think you’ll ever use an online tree in your compiled research. That means you […]
The “Probate Records on Ancestry.com” presentation will be held again on 3 October at 10:00 central time. […]
From a distance it looks like any other tree, but is that new family tree you […]
This was posted to Genealogy Tip of the Day a few weeks ago, but how it was discovered […]
The three men of interest on this 1840 census enumeration are not related by blood, but […]
According to the title at Ancestry.com, Minnesota has wills and probate records dating as early as 1801. […]
I’ll be the featured presenter at the annual genealogy seminar sponsored by the Palatines to America […]
For the last few years, I’ve posted announcements about new or updated FamilySearch databases on this site. After […]
The following databases are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch: Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, […]
The following database is showing as updated on FamilySearch: Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1910, 1960
The citation in the bottom of the image accompanying this post really isn’t in proper Evidence Explained format. […]
The following databases are showing as new or updated since our last posting: Utah Death Certificates, […]
The passport application of Julia Van Hoorebeke was made out in Rock Island, Illinois, on 5 […]
The following databases are showing as updated on FamilySearch: New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971 Massachusetts, Town Clerk, […]
When viewing any record or document used in your genealogical research, ask yourself: how did this […]
I think I have Genealogy Attention Disorder and it is not my fault. There are others […]
FamilySearch recently released an update of their “United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014.” The database serves as […]
The following databases are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch: Virginia, Richmond City Birth Index, 1870-1912 […]
[reposted from our old blog site of 15 July 2013] The word “proof” confuses some genealogists […]
The following databases are new or updated on FamilySearch: Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, […]
Genealogists are human. They will make mistakes. But there are mistakes that result from honest errors and […]
[original post regarding these two entries] There are two entries for the marriage of James Rampley […]
A search of the “Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013” for James Rampley results in two matches. The […]
The following databases are new or updated on FamilySearch: Pennsylvania, Civil Marriages, 1677-1950–only for these locations currently: […]
Like most things, I really wasn’t looking for this when I found it. I was aware […]
I don’t like it when the computer thinks for me. I don’t like it when Google […]
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