Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, to help celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, Gena provides genealogy search tips to find information about your female ancestors. There’s no doubt that tracing female ancestors can be difficult and sometimes near impossible. Unlike... (Read More)
Scott Phillips remembers his family’s traditions of celebrating May and the coming of spring, and researches old newspapers to explore these traditions... (Read More)
Introduction: Duncan Kuehn is a professional genealogist with over eight years of client experience. She has worked on several well-known projects, such as “Who Do You Think You Are?” and researching President Barack Obama’s ancestry. In this guest blog post, Duncan shows three real-life examples in which she helped genealogists find newspaper articles about... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena takes a close look at obituaries and funeral notices and shows how the other names mentioned—survivors of the deceased, pall bearers, those sending flowers, etc., provide important clues that can steer your family... (Read More)
In this article, Scott Phillips explains how he augments his genealogy research: visiting the cemeteries and recording the grave sites of his ancestors... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena reflects on some of her favorite genealogy topics that she’s researched for the GenealogyBank Blog. One great thing about working as a writer is that you have the opportunity to research and learn... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak explains some of the old terms, including Latin phrases, that genealogists encounter when doing their research... (Read More)
Louise A. of Longview, Washington, a thorough genealogist, hit a brick wall with a 100-year-old mystery in her family history. Here’s how she solved it... (Read More)
In this article, Duncan Kuehn shows how to find information about your ancestral hometown using GenealogyBank’s historical documents and old newspapers... (Read More)
