April 25, 2025 Unfortunately, time machines aren’t real. If they were, many genealogists would be the first in line to take a trip back in time. Although we often learn the basics of birth, marriage and death dates of our ancestors, that is frequently as much as we can discover. We all want to know …
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Essential Resources: U.S. Censuses
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 …