Ancestry.com’s 1920 census index transcription for Nancy J. Rampley of St. Albans’ Township, Hancock County, Illinois, […]
One of my DNA matches, Katherine, is a descendant of my ancestor, Samuel Sargent. Her tree […]
It’s probably not correct. The probability that in the 1880s a man travels across the state […]
It took some doing to find this 1938 aerial photograph of my grandparents’ farm in Hancock […]
I will be offering this five-session class starting 4 January 2021. More details on our announcement […]
It’s often referred to as “correlation and analysis” in genealogical methods courses, but a certain aspect […]
Genealogists often lament errors in census records. I’m not certain census records contain any more errors […]
The search results for Ger* Miller in FamilySearch.org‘s “Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998” lists several entries. […]
I usually hate the phrase “Yes, but…” because the “but” is often followed by an excuse. […]
There’s a school of genealogical thought that essentially says “writing about the genealogy research process is […]
I can almost see a barefoot Grandma Neill in the backyard of this picture, headed towards […]
We’ve released the recorded version of our 2020 “Genealogy Brick Walls from A to Z” webinar. […]
The list of burials in the Vicksburg National Cemetery in Vicksburg, Mississippi, testifies to the number […]
I was leafing through Voices of Emancipation and got to wondering if any of my forebears […]
Get ready for research in 2021 with our “Brick Walls from A to Z” webinar on […]
A few months ago, I actually sat down and made time to actually read one of […]
I’ve tried to be very careful in my blog posts on the family of Benjamin Butler to […]
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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 […]
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