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 …
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Cause of Death
August 4, 2023 Genealogists are always interested in finding out what caused their ancestors’ deaths – especially if they were young when they died. I’m no exception to this rule, so when I discovered how many of my extended family had died as children and teens, I had to dig deeper. As I researched, …
A Man Named May
July 28, 2023 As genealogists know, names can help solve genealogical conundrums. Unfortunately, they can also create puzzles of their own. Misidentifying names can lead to some colossal errors when filling out a family tree. My favorite example from my own family tree involves a second great uncle whose name was John May Terry. …