Words elude me. While ThruLines had some issues we’ve discussed before at least it wasn’t somehow […]
You have to love a death certificate like this one from Mercer County, Illinois. The place […]
My copy of Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies, edited by Debbie Parker Wayne has arrived. […]
A search of Googlebooks (http://books.google.com) indicated that the names George and Trautvetter appeared in the 2000 edition […]
Several county histories indicated that Thomas Rampley and his family moved into Coshocton County, Ohio, in […]
The obituary of Martha Jane Luft from the Warsaw Bulletin in March of 1923 mentions her daughter […]
One of the key components of the “Reasonably Exhaustive Search” is that “at least two sources […]
I’ve been thinking about “boring ancestors” lately and the feeling by some that it’s necessary to […]
I’ve decided to revisit my Irish forebears in an attempt to learn more about them before […]
A picture is supposedly worth a thousand words, but a map definitely is worth a thousand […]
The settling of estates frequently requires surveys and metes and bounds descriptions of property, regardless of […]
This originally appeared on our old blog site on 10 December 2012. Plagiarism has been on my […]
We’re having a 50% off webinar sale on 4 April only. Details (including the coupon code) […]
C. M. Stewart replied quickly to the 10 December 1914 response to his letter from the […]
My copy of the second edition of the Genealogy Standards Manual written by the Board for Certification […]
I’m excited to be presenting at the May 2019 seminar of the San Mateo County Genealogical […]
Page 9 of the second edition of the Standards Manual written by the Board for Certification of […]
I’ve purchased two new books: Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies, edited by Debbie Parker […]
The Pension Department in 1914 appreciated neighbors who took the initiative to inform them that pension […]
The 1826 and 1836 entries for James Rampley in “Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850″ at FamilySearch have been […]
The original list indicated that Thomas J. Rampley was a “non-resident.” He actually died some time […]
Do you use your “real” name? Or do you use a diminutive based upon your first […]
I’ll be giving the following presentations over the next few weeks: Princeton, Illinois–on site–monthly meeting on […]
One document rarely tells the entire story and that appears to be the case with this […]
An affidavit in the 1892 homestead application of Ekke Behrens of Weyerts, Nebraska, makes several good […]
This is part of the inscription in a book that Trientje Eilts Post (1808-1877) made for […]
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