As part of my work on French-Canadian Joseph Desmarais (Demarrah, Demar, etc.), I tried to locate […]
My webinar on the probate materials on Ancestry.com was a great success. Now that I’ve had time […]
It was a good hypothesis. Unfortunately it does not appear to have been true. I was […]
The location of Tonjes Jurgens’ will from Adams County, Illinois, in 1864 raises more questions that […]
There are certain to be more, but here’s ten myths–or combinations of myths: FamilySearch & Ancestry.com have everything. My relative’s […]
Before you search the “probate database” at Ancestry.com, search the inventory to determine what they have. Their […]
These are the last two webinars in my series of new presentations. If you registered or […]
A search of the “probate database” on Ancestry.com resulted in a reference to Tonjes Ehmen in […]
Websites with digital images want you to subscribe. Check out the completeness of their offerings before […]
I wrapped up my webinar on using the new probate records at Ancestry.com earlier today. An hour […]
Names of godparents can be clues on a variety of levels. Whether something is a clue […]
Note: this post is an updated one from August of 2007. One of my Grandpa Neill’s […]
FamilySearch has announced the following new or updated databases on their site: Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008 Montana, […]
I’m not certain what the “correct” way is to cite the new probate materials on Ancestry.com, but […]
The following databases are showing as being updated on FamilySearch: Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974 California, San Francisco […]
Ancestry.com indicated that their database of microfilmed materials from the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) has […]
Due to requests from several readers, we’ve added one last request to our schedule. The “Probate […]
Sometimes all it takes is one record to throw everything off. Such is the case of […]
Ancestry.com‘s huge “probate database” contains images of hundreds of thousands of probate materials from across the […]
[see our followup post here] Ancestry.com has added a tremendous amount of probate materials to the […]
I realize that OCR searches are problematic, but this seems a little bit more problematic than […]
Sometimes it just takes time for things to “click.” And sometimes even after things click there […]
Ancestry.com recently announced an “update” to their Drouin Collection. While I’m not certain what is in […]
I stumbled upon this item while searching digital newspapers on the Library of Virginia website. The […]
What I know: in 1865 Anne Murphy married Samuel Neill in St. John, New Brunswick. Civil […]
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