Literal interpretations can create confusion. At the sale of his father in 1823 in Tuscarawas Township, […]
My great-grandmother Trientje Maria (Janssen) Ufkes was born 111 years ago today, on 17 April 1895. […]
Some days I wish Ancestry.com would add more functionality to their search. I don’t need slicker […]
I almost forgot I had this little gem. This postcard was written by Foche Jansen Goldenstein […]
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It’s always advised to look at the original record. Transcriptions can easily be incomplete or incorrect. […]
I have James Rampley in the 1850 Hancock County, Illinois, federal United States Census and yet […]
I’m excited about my 2016 trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. […]
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It is not often one gets direct, in-your-face evidence of a name variation. Usually one has […]
It started out as an aside as part of a blog post. And now I don’t […]
I’ve been reading “guides” Ancestry.com has to their search settings. And I’m a little bit confused. From the Ancestry.com discussion […]
Sometimes I think people make genealogical proof entirely too difficult, too academic, and too “out of […]
Using Fold3.com Date/Time: 9 April 2016—Saturday—11:00 am central time. This presentation will include an overview of […]
Reprinted from an article I wrote from the Ancestry Daily News — 23 November 1998 Just […]
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Not everyone filled them out completely. Some most likely did not return them. Not all the […]
We are excited to release the recorded copy of “Determining Your Ancestor’s Migration Chain” Your migrating […]
The Civil War pension file for Charles Hartsell, contained at the National Archives, has arrived. We’ve […]
“Dad and I got married in December of 1935.” I’d heard the story so many times […]
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Politics are keeping me from getting my pension increase. This letter in the Civil War […]
Clues can be anywhere, even in medical reports documenting the location of bullet wounds. A June […]
[note: An earlier version of this appeared in the former Ancestry.com Daily News, which unfortunately I cannot find archived […]
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