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3 Genealogy Goals for the New Year 2024

By Katie Rebecca Garner on January 8, 2024

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for pursuing three genealogy goals in the New Year... (Read More)

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A Project for the New Year: Your Life Story

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 2, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega kicks off the New Year with a suggestion for a genealogy project... (Read More)

Photo: the Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Researching at a Genealogy Library

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 28, 2023

Gena Philibert-Ortega explains why – even in this age of digitized records – it is helpful to visit a genealogy library, and gives tips for your trip... (Read More)

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Genealogy Tips: Is Your Ancestor Buried in a Potter’s Field?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 13, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a possible burial place for your ancestor: the local “potter’s field.”.. (Read More)

Photo: Oregon State University hosted a Veterans Day Ceremony 10 November 2016 in the Memorial Union Quad. Credit: Theresa Hogue; Oregon State University; Wikimedia Commons.

Clues to Military Service, from the U.S. Census

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 9, 2023

For Veterans Day, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for finding clues to your ancestor’s military service found in U.S. Federal Census records... (Read More)

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Cemetery Tour: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 6, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the U.S.: Allegheny Cemetery in Pennsylvania... (Read More)

Illustration: General Andrew Jackson leads his troops at the Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812, by Edward Percy Moran. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Tips: Your Ancestor’s War of 1812 Pension (part 3)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on November 2, 2023

In this article – the third and final part in this series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s War of 1812 pension... (Read More)

Illustration: General Andrew Jackson leads his troops at the Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812, by Edward Percy Moran. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Tips: Your Ancestor’s War of 1812 Pension (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on October 18, 2023

In this article – the second in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s War of 1812 pension... (Read More)

Illustration: General Andrew Jackson leads his troops at the Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812, by Edward Percy Moran. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Tips: Your Ancestor’s War of 1812 Pension (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on October 11, 2023

In this article – the first in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s War of 1812 pension.. (Read More)

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