The name’s the same does not mean the ancestor is the same, even if descendants of […]
It’s always the connections that we do not know that can confuse us beyond belief. In […]
Wilhelmina and George Kraft and their next-door Kraft neighbors were not the only Krafts living in […]
A while back we ran a series titled “Ancestral Clues and Lessons.” In honor of “International” […]
This is the signature portion of a mortgage executed by three of my ancestors on 15 […]
It is always best when the files are fat and thick. I first discovered this court […]
We’ve written before about Wilhelmina (Trautvetter) Senf Kraft. The 1808 native of Dorf Allendorf, Germany, immigrated […]
The problem with reading things quickly is that valuable clues tend to be glossed over. We’ve […]
I have so many Johns, Johanns, Janns, Jans, Janses (my attempt to “pluralize” Jans) in my […]
It’s easy to get “stuck in a genealogical rut” when something cannot be located and continue […]
We are again offering my popular “Organizing Genealogy Information” class this March–starting later in the month.Additional […]
This was not what I was expecting when I searched Maryland newspapers for members of […]
There are several reminders from this 1829 legal notice published in a Maryland newspaper. Extra Details […]
Order is good. I took a little time to organize the materials in John Ufkes’ cancelled […]
Family historians sometimes ask relatives questions at family functions. Here are some you might want […]
We still have room on my group trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake […]
I’ve tried to be very careful in my blog posts on the family of Benjamin Butler to put […]
From my perspective research can be easier when your family has lived in the same small […]
I’ve made some headway on Benjamin Butler’s “children.” As expected, I’ve located more of the boys […]
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