AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

In early May of this year, my younger sister and I took a one-week-long trip to Western Michigan to visit family, do a little genealogy, and...

( Part I and Part II ) In mid-to-late 1872, Pieter and Maria (Van Klinken) Ton moved from Cincinnati to Grand Rapids, Michigan with their...

(click image to enlarge) "Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977," database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://famil...

(click image to enlarge) Manifest, S. S. E. C. Scranton , 7 December 1857, 6th page (unnumbered; contains passengers numbered 271-324), li...

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...