Carol Stetser
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Using DNA for Ethnicity
August 25, 2023 People take DNA tests for all sorts of reasons. Some take the tests for genealogical purposes. They want to find out who their third great grandfather was, for example. Others do DNA tests for health reasons. They want to assess their risk of acquiring a congenital illness. These are good reasons …
Finding Land Records
August 18, 2023 Land records tend to be lesser-used genealogical resources. They have a reputation as being difficult to find and hard to use once found. All that handwritten legalese is just too tough to decipher and understand. As a result, some genealogists tend to neglect land records. That’s too bad. Deeds, particularly those …
Mug Books – A Great Genealogical Resource
August 11, 2023 Have you ever heard of mug books? I don’t mean the ones that cops have witnesses comb through in search of a perp on television. I mean the kind that genealogists use to help them flesh out their family history. Mug books were never called that when they were published in …