Do you use maps in your genealogy research? They can either be real maps such as drawing lines between towns, cities or states or maps...

It's very tempting to add an ancestor to your family tree when you find him/her in someone else's tree. You get so excited that you are...

I was asked to do a presentation on "Finding your Elusive Ancestor" or in my case "Finding Grandma Grace". I am telling you I am most...

I think you know that genealogy is a trip. That's meant to be both ways. It's fun and you have to go back and forth. Well I recently...

As our society starts planning our in-person conference, I am thankful that during the pandemic we were still able to indulge our passion...

It's been a long time since I've written on my blog. Things happen beyond our control. Hopefully we can continue our research. I am...

As I wrote of my grandfather who died of smallpox during the smallpox epidemic in the 1920s, I was looking for photos of that period so...

You may be tempted to look for an ancestor everywhere. It is best to look for one piece of information at a time on a ancestor. You may...

I recently started to write my uncle's story for the book that I'm writing about my family. I had interview my uncle a number of years...

When researching in newspapers, "back search" news clippings. When you find an obituary or news clipping mounted on an index or note...