She Rescued Her Family Bible

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 21, 2019

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about rescuing family Bibles and putting their family history information online... (Read More)

Photo: tombstone for Clara Curtis, Newaygo Cemetery, Newaygo, Michigan. Credit: Avalon Elizabeth Boullt; FamilySearch.

Have You Seen the Back of My Tombstone?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 19, 2019

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about the back of the “odd and unusual tombstone” belonging to Clara Curtis in Newaygo Cemetery, Newaygo, Michigan.. (Read More)

Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade.; Wikimedia Commons.

It’s Not All Online: Cemetery Research

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 16, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for doing cemetery research when you can’t find information about your ancestor’s burial online... (Read More)

Painting: "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emanuel Leutze. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Revolutionary War Soldiers: So Cold They Shot Squirrels for Shoes

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 15, 2019

In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp learns about his cousin John Ludwig Snyder’s service in the Revolutionary War by finding his obituary... (Read More)

Source: GenealogyBank, Sun and New York Press (New York, New York), 17 February 1918, page 35

Genealogy Tip: What if the Record Is Wrong?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 14, 2019

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers and census records to learn about his grandparents Willard and Mildred Kemp... (Read More)

Photo: the WWI monument in Stamford, Connecticut

Military Records in Newspapers

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 13, 2019

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn about his grandfather William Kemp’s WWI service... (Read More)

Photo: Martha Moore Avery, from Boston Partridge’s article “America's Troublemakers” published in Pearson’s Magazine (July 1908), page 22

Wait, She Was Famous?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 8, 2019

In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches GenealogyBank’s newspapers to learn more about his relative Martha Moore Avery (1851-1929)... (Read More)

Photo: a classroom at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Malate269; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy 101: Your Genealogy Reference Bookshelf

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 7, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes several good genealogy research books she uses with her own family history research... (Read More)

Photo: Occupational group portrait of four shoemakers, one full-length, standing, other three seated, holding shoes and shoe making equipment, c. 1840-1860. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Need Shoes? Give Daniel Davis a Call

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 6, 2019

In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches GenealogyBank to learn more about his cousin Daniel Davis (1814-1902), a shoemaker... (Read More)