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When I first picked up Evidence Explained, Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, I read the Foreword and Acknowledgemen,t then skimmed a few pages. I immediately shut the book and said something to the effect of, “this is too Continue reading Evidence Explained – Citing History Sources From Artifacts To Cyberspace – Second Edition
Many years ago, when Google was still an Internet infant and AltaVista ruled the search world, I wrote a guide book to using search engines and maximizing the quality of search results. I included a chapter called the SAR Loop. Continue reading Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian
There are a number of books which examine the history behind some of the mass German migrations to the Americas. There are some books which cover the valuable input so many of these German immigrants made to and for their Continue reading Across the Atalantic and Beyond: The Migration of German and Swiss Immigrants to America
The new guide,Genealogy at a Glance: Maryland Genealogy Research, by Michael A. Ports offers a lengthy background compared with many similar guides. Lengthy, of course, is relative. Here it means four paragraphs and just less than half a page. Small Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: Maryland Genealogy Research
What Did They Mean By That? Is now available at the reduced price of only $19.60, down from $36. What Did They Mean By That? A Dictionary of Historical and Genealogical Terms Old and New has long been the most Continue reading What Did They Mean By That? Now at an New Low Price.
Germans are the second largest ethnic group in the United States. Only those of English descent are more numerous. Even so, both groups represent generations of families living in America. These days, around a million people each year legally immigrate Continue reading The Germans in Colonial Times
Steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers changed this young country in dramatic ways, transforming the Ohio-Mississippi River Basin almost overnight. The steamboat brought commerce, quickened immigrations, and began a building frenzy as new town sprung up all along the Continue reading Full Steam Ahead
According to Leland K. Meitzler: “Name lists are key to success in any genealogical endeavor. Name lists, be they national, state, county, or even city or town in scope can help nail down the precise place where one’s ancestor may Continue reading Kansas Name Lists Published and Online Censuses and Substitutes 1854–2012, with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present
“The term Scots-Irish refers to people who originated in Scotland and settled in the 17th century in Ireland in the nine northern counties of Ulster. Claiming economic hardship, 250,000 Scots-Irish immigrated to North America between 1717 and 1776, principally to Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: Scots-Irish Genealogy Research
Last year I reviewed Producing a Quality Family History, which I have copied below. This helpful guide is now available in hardcover from Family Roots Publishing. The hardcover looks just like the softcover, with the same four-color printed cover, only Continue reading Producing a Quality Family History — Now in Hardcover
There are many theories behind the actual cause of the Great Irish Famine of 1845 to 1849. Some focus on specific topics of population density, crop production, politics, the prevalent owner-tenant land system of the day, etc. Of course, history Continue reading Atlas of the Great Irish Famine
Below are the latest updates to United States & Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org: Currently updates as of 14 July 2014 Previous update: 13 June 2014 There is a permanent link at the top of the blog to a Continue reading FamilySearch.org’s United States and Canadian Vital Records Database Lists — Updated to 14 July 2014
Ancestry.com posted the following release on July 9th: Ancestry.com LLC to Announce Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results PROVO, Utah, July 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com LLC, the world’s largest online family history resource, will release financial results for its Continue reading Ancestry.com to Release 2nd Quarter Results Followed by Conferece Call and Live Webcast
Some of our all time most popular articles are the five U.S. and Canadian vital records database lists for FamilySearch.org. We try and keep these lists updated, and we normally post those updates in a separate article. For various reasons, Continue reading United States and Canadian Vital Records Database Lists — Updated to 13 June 2014
Back in December I reviewed a new Genealogy at a Glance, by George G. Morgan, on Ancestry.com Research. Morgan now has a new guide, Genealogy at a Glance: FamilySearch.org Research. Like Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org is an enormous database collection of genealogically Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: FamilySearch.org Research