Every week, I send out a blog update with a summary of postings to all my […]
Through 11:59 p.m. central time on 26 July, we’re offering $10 off any webinar purchase of […]
Always look at the original. The Ancestry.com transcription for the Joseph W. Johnson household indicated there was […]
The following database is showing as updated on FamilySearch since our last update: Utah, Obituaries from Utah […]
Estate inventories of farming ancestors often list quantities of grain among the chattel items, especially inventories […]
The following databases are showing as new on FamilySearch since our last update: Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 Alabama, […]
It seems like every day there’s a new website where one can share memories and history […]
There’s not any real discussion of this–just not typical to find county board reports indicate disposition […]
3 November 1900. The date of the naturalization for Joseph Watson of Chicago appears twice on […]
[from 22 August 2013] The word “negative” can be confusing when applied to evidence. Negative evidence […]
After a hiatus, we are ready to resume distribution of Casefile Clues. You can get free copies […]
On 1 February 1868, William S. Newman assigned his interest in the estate of Belinda Newman to Jesse […]
From: 27 July 2013. After my first onsite Flip-Pal scanning experience, here are a few suggestions: Have plenty […]
Current genealogical theory indicates that an exhaustive search should always be performed as a part of […]
The post on the “wrong” Bernard Dirks who naturalized in Woodford County, Illinois, in November of […]
We continue our discussion of the 1921 Kansas City death of Henry Goldenstein with the second […]
This is the fourth in a series of image from the 1807 estate sale list from Stephen […]
Before I wrote this post, I had a preconceived notion about Focke Goldenstein never having actually […]
When you’ve dreamed up a genealogical conclusion, you need to cite that dream. Here are some […]
The hints at Ancestry.com should be used as hints and not as facts. Matching names do […]
[re-posted with some additions from 22 April 2014 as we migrate old content to the new […]
The following databases are showing as updated since our last posting: United States Census, 1820 […]
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