When making digital copies of records, it can be tempting to create file names that are […]
Creating autogenerated text is apparently more difficult than one would think in the new “lifestories” at […]
There has been a lot of talk about the “new look” of Ancestry.com. I’m not going to […]
Revolutionary War pensions are not always about the veteran. They are always about establishing a claim […]
I really hope that I’m doing something wrong. A search for the last name of Trautvetter […]
Tracking the current location of family bibles can be difficult. Any descendant of the original owner […]
On the surface it may seem advantageous to research an item that appears in more than […]
The following databases are showing as updated since our last posting: North Carolina, Probate Records, […]
To protect the anonymity of the author, I’ve changed a few key details of three sentences […]
Feel free to let others know about this blog, “share” our posts, etc. We don’t have […]
This is the fourth in a series of image from the 1807 estate sale list from Stephen […]
Genealogy methodology indicates that we perform an exhaustive search before we attempt to reach a “final” […]
A sudden death is difficult. It’s especially difficult when the person is relatively young and far […]
I”ve actually had this 1868 marriage record for sometime. It is an easy one on which […]
I have them as well as anyone else: unidentified pictures. I could just kick myself. My […]
The following database is showing as updated since our last posting: Florida Marriages, 1830-1993
Partners in crime may have had more than just a criminal connection. There may have been […]
Unusual names are good and bad. They are good because they stand out like a sore […]
Nicknames and diminutives can frustrate genealogists. Adolphena Katherine Trautvetter is one of those individuals. As we’ve […]
The following databases are showing as updated since our last FamilySearch posting: North Carolina, Probate Records, […]
The executor of the estate of Barbara Haase claimed that he could not determine to whom […]
I’m not certain what was wrong with Johann Ufkes in the early 1880s. There are two […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that the last name in this will was supposed […]
The following databases are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch since our last update: Delaware Vital […]
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