Newspapers will provide information never mentioned in a death certificate. Of course that doesn’t mean the […]
Members of the far-flung Trautvetter/Troutfetter family have been known to make many things. Coins are one […]
Digital images made from photographs are great, but the challenge when making them at a […]
By request, we’ve added this to our list of December webinars. This one is certain to […]
Publishing an image that one did not create can result in a potential copyright problem. The creator […]
We are excited to offer four webinars this week. These sessions will be recorded for download […]
There’s still much gnashing of teeth over Ancestry.com‘s decision to end sales of FamilyTreeMaker at the end of […]
Ancestry.com has Meyers Geographical and Commercial Gazetteer of the German Empireavailable online as color scans of an original […]
At long last we’ve released my “Preserving Past You” presentation. It is an overview of prepping […]
I host several blogs–all have separate email lists and need to be subscribe to separately. Each […]
This is a somewhat personal post, so if you’re looking for our typical content, consider skipping […]
Allowing users to make corrections to index entries at Ancestry.com is a nice feature, but it’s frustrating that […]
This is more of a pet peeve than anything else. If you’re looking for serious genealogical content, […]
It’s more important than ever before to think about how to make “your stuff survive you.” […]
I’ll start with a comment that I posted to my personal Facebook wall in response to the […]
This has been published before, but I’m reposting as it is just as timely as ever. […]
Another website puts up free images of books that have been on GoogleBooks, Hathitrust, Archives.org, and […]
There’s a reason why this blog has no sponsor: I don’t want to be “holden” to […]
The FBI Case Files on Fold3.com are not just about “un-American” activity during World War I. […]
Sometimes it seems like this image represents the best list of answers to the question “does […]
The devil may not be in the Social Security Death Index, but he certainly is in […]
Genealogists know to look for birth announcements in newspapers–if the time period is right. It’s unusual […]
There is still room in my December 2015 session of “US Land Records.” More details are […]
I can never tell just how Ancestry.com updates anything, but the “South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1915” […]
Hasty research can easily lead to incorrect conclusions, causing the researcher to think they are the […]
Those who have made genealogy research trips to distant libraries may recognize themselves in this list. […]
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