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Since its first printing in 1934, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666, has proven to be one of the most important genealogical references for colonial Virginia. The book is effectively a directory of Virginia’s earliest Continue reading Cavaliers and Pioneers: Virginia Genealogy
New York Probate Records—A Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records, Second Edition, is a directory-styled handbook by Gordon L. Remington. Broken down by county, this guide shows where and how to locate New York State probate records. These records Continue reading Handbook to New York Probate Records
Church records may be the most prevelant record available in Irish genealogical research. And, not just church records for one church either. There are historically eight major religions in Ireland. Irish Church Records: Their history, availability, and use in family Continue reading Finding Irish Church Records
Ontario People: 1796-1803 is a book of lists. The easiest way to describe its contents is to simply quote from its Introduction: “After the American Revolution, several thousand families came to settle in the western part of Quebec, later called Continue reading Ontario People: 1796-1803
The Maritimes, a.k.a the Maritime Provinces or the Canadian Maritimes, consist of the eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunsick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Ports on these islands became a major debarkation point for European emigrants. From these ports Continue reading North America’s Maritime Funnel: The Ships that Brought the Irish 1749-1852
An excellent Genealogist uses every tool at their disposal in order to uncover the truth of their ancestors. Today, that may mean using tools which were not available just a few years ago; including, social media. This can be scary Continue reading The Social Media Guide for Ancestral Research
Flyleaf Press released Tracing Your Clare Ancestors, by Brian Smith and Gerry Kennedy in 2013. “Clare is the northern-most county in the province of Munster and famous for its music and scenery, including the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren. Continue reading Tracing Your Clare Ancestors
Gary Clark, author of Photo Restoration KwikGuide and owner of PhotoTree.com, has produced a new set of guides, called KwikTips, to help researchers identify and date 19th century family photos. Use these guides to identify an image type and an Continue reading KwikTips from PhotoTree.com
From Erie to Panama, American canals and major waterways have played a vital historical and economical role in the growth of the United States and cities throughout the country; especially, in the eastern states were canals were in use long Continue reading The Best from American Canals Number VIII
In another of the fantastic books reprinted in 2012 by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the 1874 book The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: 1600-1700, by John Camden Hotten, provides individual names compiled from documents listing Continue reading The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: 1600-1700
Long before the advent of modern science fiction, there are a few stories which can be found throughout the world which include the element of time travel. In these earliest of stories, any such time travel, or mysterious passage of Continue reading Going Over Home
1795 “Austrian Empire, Russian Empire, and Prussia (Germans), leaving no “Poland” for 123 Years” 1854-1856 “The Great Cholera Epidemic, poor crop yields and starvation; Crimean War (Russian); 100 Silesian families from Pluznica area arrived in Galveston, then walked to the Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: Polish Genealogy Research
In 2012, the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) reprinted and published a number of books of significant historical and genealogical value to the New England area. The Founders of New England, by Samuel G. Drake, is another of Continue reading The Founders of New England
In the last two newsletters I was able to feature two publications from the American Canal Society’s The Best From American Canals series. This third publication, The Best From American Canals: Volume VII, contains another 83 selected articles representing the Continue reading The Best from American Canals Number VII
There are several disadvantages to researching female ancestors, compared to males, as described by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack in her guide Genealogy at a Glance: Finding Female Ancestors. First, women have long been the “silent partner” in most marriages. Historically, men Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: Finding Female Ancestors