The Family Bible I bought on eBay has arrived and I have been going through the family registry pages name by name, sorting out how each person is related and fits into the family tree. Here is the entry for William Richmond’s son, Horace William Richmond, born October 2nd 1852. Tracing My Family Tree... (Read More)
In this article, Duncan Kuehn describes how DNA research may help solve a missing person case from 1926... (Read More)
An article about using old newspapers to find stories and learn details of the lives of our American Revolutionary War ancestors... (Read More)
In this article, Scott Phillips shows how tiny clues in old newspapers can lead to big family history discoveries... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena uses old newspaper articles—and a friend’s photo collection—to reminisce about the 1964 World’s Fair. Have you been to a World’s Fair? Did you or a family member go to the 1964 World’s Fair... (Read More)
The Richmond Family Bible I bought on eBay recently arrived in the mail. It was exactly as the seller had described it. The eBay description had read: Cover is well worn and torn. A few pages are loose, most still intact. Pages have spots throughout. This is a family Bible which belonged to the... (Read More)
Mary Harrell-Sesniak discusses online resources for exploring the history of your pioneer ancestors – and the trails they used to migrate west... (Read More)
It’s been years since I looked at eBay to find family heirlooms and artifacts. In the past, I have made some spectacular family history finds. For example, I once found an old family letter written by Jonathan Huse (1767-1853) to his mother, and an 1813 sampler created by his daughter Sarah Araline Huse (1807-1825)... (Read More)
In this article, Scott Phillips shows how various kinds of genealogical records can help determine your ancestor’s age... (Read More)
