Filing systems can vary slightly from one location to another. The researcher should not expect one […]
This is not a post about how Ancestry.com can facilitate the citation of sources. This is not […]
Today (20 January 2015) is the last day of our old webinar prices. Prices are now […]
[note: This post originally appeared on our old blog site on 29 August 2013 and is being […]
In “Sourcing Probate Materials From Ancestry.com,” I asked for comments on the citation I constructed. A […]
Thanks to my Ebay purchase, my coin from Kansas arrived. I’m not going to be spending them […]
I’ve been using Ancestry.com’s “probate database” (my title, not theirs) again and my recent experience brought to […]
Petitions to administrate estates can tell us many things. Those things usually focus on the fact […]
I’m not really certain that I’m happy with it, but I’ve settled on a working citation […]
It has been a while since I have actively used materials on Fold3.com. Since that time, […]
Genealogy is often about the details. That’s evident in this 1908 gossip column with local happenings […]
I’ve kept my webinar prices low since their inception several years ago, but various fees associated […]
Many genealogists use the phrase “brick walls.” I’ve used it myself. But sometimes I really wonder […]
Roughly every week I send out a blog “update” summarizing postings to my blogs since the […]
Typed documents can sometimes be just as difficult to read as handwritten ones. This 1924 disbursement […]
I found myself writing the phrase “In 1920, Nancy Rampley told the census taker…” And then […]
Packed in an old Bee Gees record cover, I nearly thought I had been shipped the […]
The problem with names that are somewhat common is precisely that–they are somewhat common. In April […]
They were always referred to collectively as “the babies.” I don’t remember when I first became […]
Readers of this blog are well aware of my difficulties in locating Benjamin Butler in several […]
“Sources are original or derivative.” It is on the inside front cover of the 3rd edition […]
This is the first I’ve purchased something on Ebay with the intention of not keeping it: A […]
THE CENSUS TAKER COMETH,” by Michael John Neill (c) 2014 Michael John Neill–this article originally appeared […]
“Writing Proof Summaries and Making Your Case” This presentation includes an overview of organizing your information […]
A recent Genealogy Tip of the Day mentioned double enumerations in the census. The family of George […]
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