April 18, 2025 I’ve been doing genealogy for decades. I’ve searched for records for my ancestors from county courthouses in obscure towns to the FamilySearch Library Salt Lake City. I’ve tramped through cemeteries in the United States and Europe. I’ve ordered pension files from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Each helped me to find …
Underutilized Church Records
April 11, 2025 Church records often contain information found nowhere else. Births, marriages and death dates are usually found in these records. Church records are also some of the earliest records available for an area. Despite their value, church records (at least for U.S. research) are underutilized. There are a variety of reasons for …
Public or Private
April 4, 2025 Genealogists often debate whether online family trees should be private or public. The choice is personal, and neither is better or worse than the other. However, there are pros and cons to each choice. There are several good reasons to have a public tree. One of the benefits of online trees …