January 24, 2025 Genealogists love old newspapers for good reason. Birth and marriage announcements can provide the framework of an ancestor’s life. Often, the only biographical information written about someone’s life appears in his obit. Other newspaper articles add context to local and national events that may have impacted someone’s life. Newspapers were published …
Substitutes for Passenger Lists
January 17, 2025 Passenger lists are a great genealogical resource. They don’t exist for every immigrant, however. There are few ships’ lists for people who arrived during the colonial period. Even after the Revolution, few records are available for immigrants before the mid-19th century. During the era of massive immigration from Europe from just …
Revisiting Online Family Trees
January 10, 2025 I’ve written about online family trees in the past, but I think they’re worth revisiting. In fact, that’s exactly what I do when I pursue my own research. Periodically, I search various online family trees for my ancestors. There are family trees on lots of websites including My Heritage, Find My …