"The War of Independence is forever ingrained within our American identity, and provides all Americans a sense of who we are, or, at the very least, who we should be. Our forefathers fought for liberty, freedom, and republican ideals the likes of whi ...
Church records have been very valuable as I have researched the family of Jacob Fisher in Pennsylvania. Since the formal registration of births, marriages, and deaths in the state didn't begin until the late 1800s and even into the early 1900's, I h ...
As I have been researching Jacob Fisher in Northampton County, Pennsylvania for my Research Like a Pro Study Group, I have found some great records! One record set that I am really excited to have discovered is Pennsylvania Archives. These volumes ...
As I was creating my Pennsylvania locality guide in preparation for accreditation, I learned that in 1870 the federal census was enumerated twice in both Philadelphia and New York City. Wikipedia gives the following reason: Although Franci ...
I recently discovered the work of Ferdinand A. Brader, a Swiss artist who specialized in "creating large-scale (usually about fifty by thirty inches), bird’s-eye perspectives of farms in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. Hundreds of his works offer an e ...
When talking about Census Records, the records that are generally being referred to--an enumeration of all the people in a household – are known as population schedules. Did you know there are also nonpopulation schedules? Additional schedu ...
I am currently participating in a study group being hosted by Diana Elder, A.G. and her daughter Nicole Dyer of Family Locket. I purchased their book, Research Like a Pro, in December and realized that my research process could really use some ...
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