Your Top Genealogy Challenges & Frustrations

By on October 28, 2014

Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this blog post, Mary shares some of the responses her social media friends gave when she asked the question: “Just what frustrates everyone about genealogy?” Earlier this year, the GenealogyBank blog published my article “Why Do You Love Genealogy?”... (Read More)

How to Standardize Your Geographic Locations

By on October 27, 2014

You’ve been working on your family history for years and have gathered a lot of information. You keep careful notes and are consistent in putting down full bibliographic citations so that others may quickly know where you found each of your facts. But—how are you adding the places of birth, marriage or death for... (Read More)

Are You Celebrating Mother-in-Law Day?

By on October 24, 2014

Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this blog post, Mary searches old newspapers to learn more about a special day coming up this Sunday: Mother-in-Law Day. They say that there is a holiday for everything—so it should come as no surprise that Mother-in-Law Day is... (Read More)

Salvatore Buchetto’s Obituary Celebrates His Well-Lived Life

By on October 22, 2014

Obituaries often celebrate lives well lived—but rarely with the enthusiasm this recent obituary does. His obituary states: “Sal measured out at 73 1/2 inches, and a bouncing 232 pounds, 9 ounces.” After reading a few lines from Salvatore’s obituary, you quickly realize that he was someone very special to many people. His newspaper obituary... (Read More)

Odd & Hilarious Names: You Responded with Your Funniest Finds

By on October 21, 2014

Last week, we posed this question to our GenealogyBank friends on Facebook: “What’s the funniest name or surname you’ve ever come across?” Well, your responses were wonderful: 98 of you have commented so far sharing your funniest name finds! We enjoyed some laughs reading these names so much that we decided to compile them... (Read More)