August 12, 2022 Genetic genealogy has become widespread in the United States. Almost every genealogist as well as lots of other folks have taken DNA tests. This has spawned a new category of books that I call DNA Shock memoirs. These books detail the shocking findings that people have received in their DNA results. …
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Obtaining English Civil Registration Records
August 5, 2022 If most of your genealogical research has been done in the United States, you’ll probably know that civil registrations of births and marriages have not been kept for very long. For example, Colorado has only kept birth and death registrations since 1904. Other states may have kept these records a few years …
Why I No Longer Use Find a Grave
July 29, 2022 For many years Find a Grave was one of my favorite websites. I used it frequently to look up where my ancestors were buried. I broke down many a brick wall by finding out that an ancestor was buried in a location I’d never considered before. In addition, I spent hours adding …