Search the Titanic passenger list to find if your ancestors were aboard. Access survivor lists, victim records, and newspaper coverage from 1912... (Read More)
Mary Harrell-Sesniak explains that ancestral surnames may have been spelled differently in the past and provides search tips for these name variations... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how lost & found ads in old newspapers can turn up a surprising amount of information about your ancestors... (Read More)
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary follows up on one of her earlier blog posts by presenting more of the funniest, quirkiest, or most touching sayings about genealogy that she’s encountered in her career as a family historian. After the... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak provides some good advice for planning your next family reunion, and using reunion articles in newspapers... (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how researching historical events that happened in your ancestors’ lifetimes provides another way of better understanding them... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak shares some of the unusual and funny Texas town names she’s discovered in her research... (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega provides tips about verifying genealogy records, especially if a newspaper article contradicts other family history information... (Read More)
In this article, Duncan Kuehn provides some newspaper search tips for genealogists, especially regarding locations... (Read More)
