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Looking for an easy and fun way to preserve the memories in the closest branches of your family’s history? Or, looking for a great way to get others in your family involved in the work? Our Family Heritage: A History Continue reading Our Family Heritage: A History Of Our Family
Moorshead Magazines is the publisher of three great genealogy oriented periodicals: Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and History Magazine. Each offers its own unique perspective on topics, new and old, of value to the genealogist and family historian. While subscriptions to Continue reading History Magazine February/March 2013
Family Roots Publishing just acquired a quantity of the beautiful book, A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. The book 894 page hard-cover is technically out-of-print, but the truth is that FRPC has the last of them. FRPC is offering this Continue reading A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia – on sale for 50% Off Thru Friday
Version 6 of the popular genealogy software RootsMagic has been out for nearly a year now. So, the two questions I have are, did you ever get around to updating to version 6, and do you know how to make Continue reading Getting the Most Out of RootsMagic; Version 6
According to Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmerman, authors of Before Germanna, there have been few unanswered questions about the First Germanna Colony in the New World. However, at least in 1990 when this book first came out, surprising little Continue reading Before Germana No. 6 – The Ancestry of the Broyles, Paulitz, Moyer and Motz Families
Available as a two volume set, Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches, by Donna R. Irish, is perhaps the most important collection of Pennsylvania-German source materials to appear since the publication of Strassburger and Hinke’s Continue reading Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches
Sometimes, I have to jump volumes in a series I am reviewing due to current accessibility. Fortunately, each volume in the Before Germanna series can stand alone. Plus, the first chapter is the same in each volume. Each volume provides Continue reading Before Germana No. 5 – The Ancestry of the Sheible, Peck, Milker, Smith and Holt Families
According to Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmrman, authors of Before Germanna, there have been few unanswered questions about the First Germanna Colony in the New World. However, at least in 1990 when this book first came out, surprising little Continue reading Before Germanna No. 2 – Clore, Kaifer, and Thomas Families
Hey, there is another one. The Indiana Source Book: Materials from The Hoosier Genealogists, 1985-1988; Volume Six with Index. Can you blame the dedication of some genealogists who are willing to do this much work for others. As you may Continue reading The Indiana Source Book: Materials from The Hoosier Genealogists, 1985-1988; Volume Six with Index
Around the world, there are innumerable photographs of people, of ancestors, who are unidentified by name and date. Whether on a desk, in a drawer or closet, stuffed in envelopes, photo albums or stacked in a box, these images are Continue reading Cased Images & Tintypes KwikGuide: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Dauerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes
According to Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmrman, authors of Before Germanna, there have been few unanswered questions about the First Germanna Colony in the New World. However, at least in 1990 when this book first came out, surprising little Continue reading Before Germanna No.1
Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: A Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere is the most comprehensive collection of information on colonial period records covering the entire Western Hemisphere, both North and South Continue reading Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas
“All research in Germany depends on locating the birthplace of an ancestor.” At least, that is the opinion of Fay S. Dearden, as I am sure it is with many others. Despite the wide variety of resources available online and Continue reading Understanding Meyers Orts
Meyers Orts (for short) is perhaps one of the most well know and famous of all gazetteers. Those searching their German ancestry have no doubt heard of it. Some have said, “Almost all serious German research begins with Meyers Orts.” Continue reading Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon
This time of year always make me think of cemeteries. By the time October rolls around each year, the mind and senses become acutely aware of the changing seasons. Leaves are falling, there is a chill in the area. Add Continue reading A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries