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To celebrate the Memorial Day weekend, Family Roots Publishing is offering a bundle of three popular American war-related research guides from the publishers of History Magazine. FRPC is discounting them 30% through Memorial Day, May 26, 2014. Regularly 29.85, the Continue reading American Wars Research Bundle on Sale for 30% Off Thru Memorial Day!
Fred Anderson’s Crucible of War is probably my favorite history book ever written. The book is about the Seven-Years War, otherwise known as the French and Indian War – a war that led directly to the American Revolution. If there Continue reading Crucible of War: The Seven Years’ War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
Growing up I read my share of novels. Many of these included fantasy stories where taverns often play a major role as meeting place, rest stop, and center of information. Then there were the stories of the “wild west” where Continue reading Stage-Coach and Tavern Days
Created as a “200th Anniversary Research Special, Tracing Your War of 1812 Ancestors, covers resources for the United States, Canada, and British research. Moorshead Magazines, publishers of Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and History Magazine, have published this special volume in Continue reading Tracing Your War of 1812 Ancestors
Like so many kids, I loved trains growing up. I never minded waiting for a train when riding in a car, I couldn’t wait to ride the train at Disneyland or Knott’s Berry Farm when we went as a family. Continue reading The History of Railroads
What did your ancestors die of? What exactly is that condition mentioned on my ancestor’s records? These are the questions Dr. Jeanette L. Jerger asked herself while researching her great-grandfather’s pension record. Dr. Jerger discovered her Civil War great-grandfather was Continue reading Medical Miscellany
I have used such words as massive, voluminous, gigantic, thorough, exhaustive, and enormous to describe books before. However, these words may not do just for The Compendium of American Genealogy, a seven volume set. This massive work may not compare Continue reading The Compendium of American Genealogy
Records Of Plymouth Colony: Births, Deaths, Burials, And Other Records, 1633-1689, edited by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, is a reprint of a work originally published as Volume Eight of Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England: Miscellaneous Records Continue reading Records Of Plymouth Colony: Births, Deaths, Burials, And Other Records, 1633-1689; 20% OFF for the Next FEW Days!
The following easer is from an excellent article by Michel E. Ruane, published in the February 27, 2014 edition of the Washington Post. The slave manifest for the brig Orleans, bound from Richmond that Tuesday in 1841, included one Plat Continue reading The Document Behind “12 Years a Slave”
The following teaser is from the February 11, 2014 edition of charlestonchronicle.net: WASHINGTON, DC – African Ancestry, Inc. (AfricanAncestry.com), the Black-owned company that pioneered genetics ancestry tracing for people of African descent, has helped more than 150,000 people across the Continue reading AfricanAncestry.com Traces Roots of Corporate America During Black History Month
Beginning in 1987, the National Genealogical Society began publishing a series of state guides in the organization’s magazine, the Quarterly. These guides were later issued as special publications. The latest version of the series contains revised guides, plus additional states Continue reading NGS Research in the States Series: New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County
2013’s newborns become teenagers in 2026. That same year the United States will celebrate its Sestercentennial birthday. To a child twelve more years may seem a lifetime, to us adults, such years come with increasing speed. Yet, even with our Continue reading Jamestown People To 1800: Landowners, Public Officials, Minorities, And Native Leaders
Family Roots Publishing carries a great collections of Atlases. One particularly interesting series are those produced by Carrie Eldridge. These unique map books show the migration and population spread of early colonists and their descendant from the colonial days through Continue reading An Atlas of German Migration and America
The start of the new year gives me a chance to sit back and reflect on all the books, magazines, and CDs (including eBooks and captured webinars) I have reviewed over the past year. While every book, article, or disc Continue reading Full Steam Ahead
This weekend FRPC is offering a bundle of two items specific to Colonial American research as our FRPC Exceptional Bargain offer. The bundle is made up of David Norris’ Tracing Your Colonial American Ancestors, and William Dollarhide’s Colonial Wagon Roads Continue reading Research Your Colonial American Ancestors with a 20% Discount on a Colonial Research Package at Just $14.32!