On 19 June 1891, the Illinois General Assembly gave women in Illinois the right to vote–in […]
All of us have gaps in our knowledge, it’s a matter of realizing and admitting that […]
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Records of those involved in World War I include women and well as men, even though […]
“U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939” has been on Ancestry.com for a while, but after seeing […]
One can never be certain what’s “really new” on Ancestry.com, what’s “new,” and what’s “recycled.” Sometimes for […]
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There are not many relatives of mine who have their pictures in the newspaper. Gloria Fecht […]
Assuming what records contain without knowing can cause us to overlook materials that might help us […]
I have had paper copies of selected documents of the Civil War widow’s pension file for […]
There are differing schools of thought on whether one should use the online trees for research […]
For thirty years an image of Mimke and Antje Habben floated around in my head. After […]
Expenses paid out by an estate provide unique insight into the a family’s life. For those […]
Press photos are not things I normally find on relatively close relatives. I’m not one to […]
Genealogists have easier access to more information than they ever have. With that increased access comes […]
It is easy to see how this 1875 Nebraska State Census entry was overlooked when one […]
Newspapers can be a genealogical wildcard. This advertisement from the 15 April 1764 Philadelphia Gazette shows […]
FamilySearch has digitized cancelled homestead files for selected land offices in Kansas and Nebraska (“United States, […]
The Bureau of Land Management Office tract books are a good source for additional information on […]
Reading legal documents can be difficult for some genealogists who are not lawyers. They can occasionally […]
The final accounting for the estate of Thomas Rampley was located in the estate records of […]
I quit claiming I could stop searching for deeds when I realized I had not located […]
Women were not frequent bidders at estate auctions in the early 1820s. There was only one […]
There are not many places besides the farm where my ancestors worked for any length of […]
This 1860 letter from Samuel Casey, warden at the Illinois prison in Joliet, was written to […]
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