The last in the series about Cornelia Albers’ invalid homestead claim in Dawson County, Nebraska, in the […]
The postcard of eight Carthage, Illinois, churches that I purchased on Ebay has arrived. It was unused and is […]
Rural newspapers are known for publishing gossip items that make them seem like the social media […]
Finding out something about the military career of Heye Albers in Teddy Roosevelt’s “Rough Riders” was […]
While there are reasons it can happen, it always strikes me as odd when a death […]
The 30 June 1898 issue of the Arizona Republic contains an update on several boys from […]
[this appeared on my old blog site in December of 2012 and we’ve moved it over […]
FamilySearch has had a database of Nebraska marriages for some time, published as “Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995” on FamilySearch. Specific […]
I no longer post “rich and famous” items as a general rule, but this is a […]
This little gem was located when searching Newspapers.com, but it can happen on any site that […]
It looks like an “od” in between the names of John H Gronewald and Cornelia M […]
This is an image of one of the documents in the Cash Entry Land File for […]
Ebay can be a great place to purchase a variety of genealogical treasures. One simply has to […]
Revolutionary widow Eleanor Fugate of Scott County, Kentucky, received a military land warrant for 160 acres […]
It is unrealistic to expect records obtained in genealogy research to be completely consistent. Names will be […]
Negative evidence is not bad. Negative evidence does not mean something bad has happened. Negative evidence […]
In “Was Sophia Derle Born in 1807 or 1808?” three sources providing her date of birth […]
The entry from the church records of the Bethany United Church of Christ in Tioga, Hancock […]
One record or even a series of records can be entirely correct, entirely wrong, or somewhere […]
New subscribers to Casefile Clues will receive the first 5 issues of year 4 free when […]
Sometimes a person thinks that they have seen just about every spelling variation for a name […]
I was searching the issues of the Prairie Farmer that are online in the “Farm, Field, and […]
[This was originally published on my old blog site on 14 February 2015] On page 24 […]
I’ve been thinking about standardizing the names of various relatives again. This does not mean transcribing […]
I received the research report from my German researcher as mentioned in an earlier post. I […]
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