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NEW – Tracing Your Ancestors: Female Ancestor Research, by Gena Philibert-Ortega – 15% Off for a Limited Time

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Tracing Your Ancestors – Female Ancestor Research; by Gena Philibert-Ortega; 2022; 68 pp; High Gloss Soft Cover; Saddle Stapled; ISBN: 978-1-926510-16-3; Item # MM036 Family Roots Publishing is offering this guide for 15% off for a limited period. Regularly $9.95 Continue reading NEW – Tracing Your Ancestors: Female Ancestor Research, by Gena Philibert-Ortega – 15% Off for a Limited Time→

Tracing Your Female Ancestors

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Moorshead Magazines is the publisher of Family Chronicle, and Internet Genealogy. Occasionally, the company releases a special collection of articles on a key genealogical topic. Tracing Your Female Ancestors is the latest special release by the company. Published in a Continue reading Tracing Your Female Ancestors→

Genealogy at a Glance: Finding Female Ancestors

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

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→

Chasing Women: Finding Your Female Ancestors

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

“Locating the names of our female ancestors can be difficult – principally because their names changed upon marrying. Women historically have not produced as many records as their husbands, since women’s suffrage largely did not exist until the twentieth century. Continue reading Chasing Women: Finding Your Female Ancestors→

The Hidden Half of the Family

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

For the greater part of American history, and like most of the World, the United States has been largely a patriarchal society. As such, through law and custom, men and husbands ruled the affairs of home and were the recognized Continue reading The Hidden Half of the Family→

Womens’ Property Rights in America

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Genealogist Sharon Tate Moody wrote an excellent article this past week on the history of women’s property rights in America for her column in the “Life” section of Tampa Bay Tribune. Following is a teaser. Modern-day genealogists often find it Continue reading Womens’ Property Rights in America→