Documents and people are not consistent. That’s part of what makes genealogical research challenging. And sometimes […]
[note–This was originally published in the Ancestry Daily News on 27 July 1999, but was so popular […]
Due to requests from some readers, we’ve put webinars on these topics on our January calendar. […]
In some families, “there’s no such thing as a divorce” because “we simply don’t do that.” […]
A little attempt at humor. These Ancestors cannot be displayed The ancestors you are looking for […]
After writing the post about the 1914 purchase of property in Elvaston, Hancock County, Illinois, by […]
Everything happens in context. It also pays to read more than just the immediate item of […]
I made another purchase on Ebay. It’s a Depression-era photograph of what was then Carthage, Illinois High […]
It was only discovered because the word Chaneysville appears in the title. The Chaneysville Incident, originally […]
My goal at Rootdig is to get readers to think about their research. To think about what […]
Ancestry.com has a database they call “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.” I’m not certain what I […]
It can be difficult to let go, but sometimes we need to. That story Grandma told […]
If you signed up for my “Organizing Genealogical Information” class and have not heard from me, […]
James Beidler responded on Facebook to my “Did the Trautvetter Brothers Ever Naturalize” post and I […]
[This has been updated from a 2015 post on our old blog site.] George Trautvetter, his […]
By popular demand, we’re bringing this course back. This is a great way to start your […]
When I first leafed through the Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research, I thought there were too […]
We’ve had requests to bring back our webinars, so we’re doing so from now until 2 […]
The records of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) as digitized on Ancestry.com have been mentioned before. The digital […]
Nothing lasts forever, even a tombstone. While personally visiting a cemetery, having a local person take […]
There is still time to join me on my 2017 research trips. For more details, check […]
There’s two reasons why I nearly overlooked this 1755 marriage for Timothy Gibson in Stow, Massachusetts: […]
The vast majority of times land deeds contain pretty much dry, mundane details: who is selling […]
The brief summary of Ephraim Puffer from the 1915 genealogy of the descendants of George Puffer […]
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