AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

I don't often write about Spokane or Washington State historical figures or history on this blog, because I am the first in my family to...

This series was featured in the February 16th Edition of Terry Thornton's "Harvest from the Blog Garden" at Hill Country of M...

Spirit Lake Youth Equipped For Success has received a grant to complete an oral history project as part of the Spirit Lake Centennial Celebr...

2008 FamilySearch Developers Conference Inaugural Event Launches the Future of Genealogy Technology SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch announced to...

Wow! Thirty-three bloggers, including what appears to be a record number of new COG submitters, have posted what their dream dinner with fo...

From the Muskegon [Michigan] Chronicle : As a child, Joyanne Converse used to look in the mirror and wish she looked like somebody -- anybo...

"Crafts and Hobbies" is the theme of the prompts I've posted for Week Thirty over at my other blog, AnceStories2: Stories of ...

At the first of six sessions of my Intermediate Online Genealogy class, my students and I covered military records: why they're importan...

How odd...I woke up this morning and didn't see any fresh snow on the ground. What was odder still...this was the second morning in a ...

82% How Addicted to Blogging Are You? Hat tip to Tim at Genealogy Reviews Online .

Lisa at Small-leaved Shamrock has just posted the 3rd edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture. It's no coincidence that ...

From the Grand Rapids Press blog : Police have contacted the Tribal Council in Mount Pleasant to determine how to handle what may be an Ind...

On Monday, I received my March 2008 issue of Internet Genealogy . A bi-montly publication, I absolutely love this magazine, published by th...

Jessica at Jessica's Genejournal has just posted the 3rd edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy . Although ...

Mr. Joseph Josiah Robbins Newfield Township, Oceana County, Michigan Mrs. Mary "Polly" (Wyckoff) Crothers Chappel Millington Towns...

I've been lucky enough to know the exact location where my SAYERS family originated in Ireland before they emigrated to Canada in the 18...

LUDKE, Evelyn Gladys (Age 99) Entered into rest on Friday, January 25, 2008. She was born on July 11, 1908 in Spokane, WA to Cora and I.E. (...

This month's Scanfest was the largest, attendee-wise, that I've hosted so far! Our group included repeat Scanfesters Colleen of O...

Continuing in the vein from last week, Week Twenty-Nine's topic is "Family Life." I wrote most of the prompts early this--I ...

If you are researching Michigan ancestors, you may be interested in this site, Michigan Biographical Index . "This is a cumulative ful...