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Even though many people use their vacation time for research trips, such trips are rarely a vacation. Getting the most out of a research trip, making the best use of time, visiting the most family member or research locations, and Continue reading Searching on Location: Planning a Research Trip
Life During the Civil War is an educational and entertaining collection of articles on the war, written by David A. Norris. Norris takes the reader beyond the battle fields and into the homes and occupations of Americans, including the soldiers, Continue reading Another look at Life During the Civil War
Branching Out: Genealogy for Adults is not your standard genealogy primer. Unlike most book written for beginners, Branching Out does not have any chapters. Instead, the book is written more like a textbook, with lessons not chapters. The book is Continue reading Branching Out: Genealogy for Adults
Last week, I reviewed Our Family Tree — Create a New Family Heirloom. This creatively-designed, fill-in-the-blank, bound family history gives the owner a chance to preserve their family history by recording their details and stories in a beautiful hardbound book. Continue reading My Family Tree Workbook: Genealogy for Beginners
County atlases show who owned land in a given area at a given time. Also shown are natural land features, towns, railroads, churches, cemeteries, schools, businesses, and more. All of these locations may be of interest, along with the land Continue reading Minnesota Land Owner Maps and Directories
Minnesota was still a fairly young territory of twelve years when the Civil War broke out. Early settlers where fur traders followed by farmers. Farmers continued to arrive through the mid 1800s as more land became available. Though the state Continue reading A Genealogist’s Guide to Researching Civil War and Dakota Conflict Ancestors in Minnesota
The “mass migration” of the Americas by Europeans began in the 1620’s. New England was the kicking off point, as it were, for many European immigrants. New Englanders in the 1600s: A Guide to Genealogical Research Published Between 1980 and Continue reading New Englanders in the 1600s
Chicago has been home to Polish immigrants and their descendant since the 1830s. Even today, there remains a large Polish population. Becoming an avid genealogist after the passing of a great aunt, Jason Kruski developed an interest in combining the Continue reading A Guide to Chicago and Midwestern Polish-American Genealogy
Serving two essential educational purposes, Finding Indiana Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Research provides a general overview of genealogical research while focusing on Indiana-specific sources. The book is a collection of articles of journalists and archivists, librarians, genealogists, and historians Continue reading Finding Indiana Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Research
The following article out of The King’s County Register outlines what one bookstore is doing to keep up with demand and changes in technology: Valley bookseller using new technology for old books Jonathan Archibald, a Middleton-based used book dealer, says Continue reading Easy Reprints for Rare Genealogies and Histories
William Dollarhide is well know by experienced and professional genealogists as an expert on census records. Dollarhide pours all his expertise into his book New York State Censuses & Substitutes: An Annotated Biography of State Census, Census Substitutes, and Selected Continue reading New York State Census & Substitutes
I don’t know why but, ever since I was a child I have loved maps. If pushed, I could probably psychoanalyze the reason maps interest me so; however, I prefer to stay naive on the issue and simply continue to Continue reading An Atlas of Trails West of the Mississippi River
Germans have long been a scattered lot. Millions of Americans identify their ancestral roots as German. For many of these individuals, their ancestors spoke German but never lived in what constitutes modern Germany or even any previously identified German states Continue reading Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents
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
Just as the festivities were getting underway the past week at the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference, the organization announced they have a new website. Here is the Press Release: For Immediate Release August 29, 2012 FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL Continue reading FGS New Website