Benjamin Butler was born about 1819 probably in New York State. He died in the 1880s […]
I’m headed to Salt Lake City today aboard the California Zephyr headed from Illinois. Always a […]
Mary (Dingman) Sargent Landon was born in Canada (probably Ontario) in the 1810s and died in […]
How Many Times Have I Been to that Cemetery? I’m not a big fan of any […]
Clark Sargent was born in Vermont in 1805 and probably died in Winnebago County, Illinois, in […]
Barbara (Siefert) was born in Germany in 1825 and died in Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois, in […]
Charts are very popular genealogical research tools–even when you don’t find what you are looking for. […]
Peter Bieger was born in Germany about 1820 and died in 1855 in Warsaw, Hancock County, […]
I maintain the following blogs. Each has a separate mailing list. Genealogy Tip of the Day—short […]
Sophia Elizabeth (Derle) Trautvetter was born in 1808 in Helmershausen, Thuringen, Germany, and died in Hancock […]
Ancestry.com originally published the “U.S. Federal Census – 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes” some […]
I’m excited to be presenting at the annual Southern California Genealogical Society’s Jamboree this coming June. […]
John George Trautvetter was born in 1798 in Wildprechtrode, Thuringen, Germany, and died in Bad Salzungen, […]
Note: A somewhat longer version of this article ran in the Ancestry Daily News on 11 December […]
Rebecca Tinsley (Newman) was born about 1820 in Fleming County, Kentucky, and died (according to her […]
William Newman was born about 1818 in Kentucky most likely in the Bourbon County area and […]
Ancestry.com’s “California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968” was recently updated according to their site. It’s a great database […]
Nanke Albers who immigrated to the United States in 1869 is probably my oldest immigrant ancestor. […]
Elizabeth (Chaney) Rampley was born in 1804 most likely in Southamptown Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and […]
Mom graduated from college in 1963. I was sure of it. I was positive. I would […]
James Rampley was born in 1803 in Harford County, Maryland, and died in 1884 in Hancock […]
At some point while writing this blog I had the big idea to include Evidence Explained style citations […]
One of the challenges researchers in rural areas of the United States have is the dearth […]
I know precious little about Irishman John Neill. He lived in the NewtownLimavady area of County […]
I’ve decided to keep my spreadsheet of references I’ve located to various family members in the […]
Elizabeth Shown Mills’ popular Evidence Explained has a recently released updated and revised third edition. Until 11:59 […]
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