As I write this piece, the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are tied with one win apiece in the American League Divisional Championship. So what in the world does this have to do with genealogy?
To read the complete article, visit "Baseball and Genealogy: Linking Generations Together".
News item posted by tprall.
Open the door to parish registers by learning where they are kept and picking up some special tips to save time.
To read the complete article, visit "German Church Records Part 2: Tips for Navigating a Parish Registers".
News item posted by tt88.
Sometimes there are "snags" in our research and for various reasons help is needed.
To read the complete article, visit "Asking for Help and Getting It".
News item posted by rcoleman.
Poor Farms, poor houses, or almshouses, are not a figment of your parent's imaginations. Poor Farms were the 19th century answer to what to do with the poor
To read the complete article, visit "Going to the Poor Farm".
News item posted by genaortega.
In a previous article, I wrote about Poor Farms and gave some information about the Austin County, Texas Poor Farm. This week I want to provide you with some additional resources for conducting research on the poor farm in your ancestor's locality.
To read the complete article, visit "Researching Your Ancestors in the Poor Farm".
News item posted by genaortega.
With the computer age and widespread availability of the Internet, more and more tools are being made accessible for genealogy research. The records of Sweden are some that are now being published online through various sources.
To read the complete article, visit "Online Research Repositories for Sweden".
News item posted by crazygirl.
Ten years ago, all Constance Scott knew of her past was that her grandmother had Cherokee blood.
To read the complete article, visit "Digging up American Indian Ancestry".
News item posted by illyad.
The Utah Genealogical Association will be sponsoring its annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy during the week of January 9 - 13, in Salt Lake City.
To read the complete article, visit "The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, 9 -13 January, 2006".
News item posted by elisabeth.
The Georgia Land Lottery provides a unique opportunity for genealogists searching for ancestors in Georgia or who may have passed through Georgia from the eastern seaboard on to the western states of the time.
To read the complete article, visit "Lotteries Leave Clues – Part 1".
News item posted by elisabeth.
Doing genealogy is much more than collecting names and dates. Use social history to "put flesh on the bones" of your ancestor.
To read the complete article, visit "Understanding Your 19th Century Ancestor’s Life".
News item posted by genaortega.
Heritage Makers is a direct selling organization with more than 1,200 independent "Heritage Consultants" that markets custom published products through in-home presentations called "Heritage Celebrations."
To read the complete article, visit "MyFamily.com, Inc. Acquires Heritage Makers".
News item posted by illyad.
The responsibility of all genealogists is to collect and preserve information related to slaves and slaveholdings.
To read the complete article, visit "It Takes A Village: Sharing Documentation with the African American Community".
News item posted by sfraley.
Death certificates and registrations are often our best sources for determining the date of birth for our ancestors, before civil registration. How reliable are these death records?
To read the complete article, visit "When Were They Born? Determining the Date When the Sources Don’t Agree".
News item posted by tprall.
Overcoming a brick wall is not an easy task, but one that with determination, perseverance and broad-based methodical researching, can be done.
To read the complete article, visit "Overcoming Brick Walls".
News item posted by sweethartcg.
Sometimes you hit a dead end in your genealogical research. No matter how hard you search, you can't make the next generational connection.
To read the complete article, visit "Look At the Larger Picture".
News item posted by kabp1956.
Every January the Utah Genealogical Association sponsors the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG). I had a great experience in my first year, I have been attending every year since.
To read the complete article, visit "Adventures in Problem Solving: The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy".
News item posted by tprall.
Too often we only conduct routine searches on the families we are researching. In our search for our ancestors, we need to not "march with the penguins" but act more like bored kids in search of action.
To read the complete article, visit "The March of the Genealogists".
News item posted by genaortega.
These materials were covered in a 1965 deed of gift from the estate of President Kennedy, which donated official papers and artifacts associated with the President and his life to the National Archives, in trust for the American people.
To read the complete article, visit "National Archives Recovers Treasure Trove of Kennedy Materials".
News item posted by illyad.
Pennsylvania German birth and baptism certificates called Fraktur are not only genealogical goldmines, but beautiful cultural windows into the past.
To read the complete article, visit "Pennsylvania German Fraktur Records: Records of Birth and Symbols of Culture".
News item posted by tt88.
The Canada Genealogy Centre has published the databases of marriage bonds for Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
To read the complete article, visit "Marriage Bonds in Upper and Lower Canada".
News item posted by illyad.
Bob Velke is the president of [[Wholly Genes Software]], the makers of [[The Master Genealogist]] and Family Tree SuperTools. He is a popular speaker at genealogical conferences and has written for [[Genealogical Computing]], The Computer Genealogist, and a variety of other publications on topics related to using computers for family history research.
News item posted by illyad.
George and Drew discuss podcasts, preparing for genealogy conferences.
To read the complete article, visit "Genealogy Guys Show for September 4th, 2005".
News item posted by illyad.
George and Drew discuss their recent trip to Salt Lake City.
To read the complete article, visit "Genealogy Guys Show for September 11th 2005".
News item posted by illyad.
In an effort to clarify where my family could of migrated from I did a brief research into the movements of Welsh settlers into the Americas.
To read the complete article, visit "Welsh Migration in Colonial America".
News item posted by asmith1.