AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

In the  first post  of this series,  Proving the Generations , I wrote how my goal is to use the  Genealogical Proof Standard  to show my an...

In the  first post  of this series,  Proving the Generations , I wrote how my goal is to use the  Genealogical Proof Standard  to show my an...

In the first post of this series, Proving the Generations , I wrote how my goal is to use the Genealogical Proof Standard to show my ances...

For some time now, I've been following the genealogy blog of a Dutch Facebook friend and accredited genealogist, Yvette Hoitink, who is...

Michigan Department of Community Health, “Death Records, 1921-1947,” database with images, Seeking Michigan ( http://cdm16317.contentdm.o...

Theo lovingly pets the polar bear that belonged to his Great-great-great-grandfather, William Bryan Robbins, Sr. 4 July 2018 Taken at t...

Nellie May Concidine, c. 1905. Unknown location, probably Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Original privately held by Miriam Robbi...

Recently, I was given an opportunity to review the latest (fourth) edition of the classic The Researcher's Guide to American Genealo...

On a weekend when we're celebrating the birth of our country and honoring ancestors who served in the American Revolution, it seems...

I've just created a new Facebook group, Historical City Directories , for those genealogists and historians who are interested in l...

Anthony Fredenburg, my 4th-great-grandfather This Memorial Day weekend, I want to focus on a man that I recently learned was likely my...

(click to enlarge image) Postcard to Miss Rena Lerfald in Glendive, Dawson Co., Montana from Sophia [unknown - possibly Lerfald] in unk...

Recently, I discovered that Ancestry had added the Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880 - 1937 database to its collections. While I don't have ...