Gena Philibert-Ortega describes a good family history resource found in newspapers: notices about your ancestors’ application for a marriage license... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains that genealogy education has its own language and provides a glossary to understand these terms... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about a subject that often causes brick walls for genealogists: finding lost kin, especially abandoned infants... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a subject that often causes brick walls for genealogists: finding lost kin, especially abandoned infants... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives search tips and possible reasons for why you can’t find your ancestor’s grave... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega found a wallet-sized WWII discharge certificate in an antique shop, and did some research to learn more... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explores the history and etiquette of our ancestors’ use of calling cards... (Read More)
In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner explores the records that homesteading left behind and where those records can be found... (Read More)
Katie Rebecca Garner explains that one in three Americans descend from homesteaders and gives tips for researching your homesteader ancestors.. (Read More)
