Last weekend I spent some time trying to locate the marriage record of my husband's great-uncle John. John was the oldest child in his family, and my husband's Grandma Lois was the youngest. "Johnnie" joined the navy and moved away from home shortl ...
I love the way the 1910 Census provides a summary of the life of one of my role models, my 3x great-grandmother, Paulina Eliza Phelps Lyman. This is the last census she appears in prior to her death in 1912. Location: Parowan, Iron ...
This has been an exciting and productive week! I began a new project that involves two new-to-me areas of genealogical research - Poland and DNA. I have begun a project in which the objective is to extend the ancestry of a client whose pa ...
"Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide." Harriet Beecher Stowe My introduction to family history research came when my husband Barry's Grandma Lois sta ...
My son and his wife are expecting my first grandchild in September, a little girl! Last week I completed a quilt for the new baby. As I spent time planning, cutting, piecing, and finishing this quilt, my thoughts turned to my own grandmother, Rebec ...
I am beginning to work on my four generation project for accreditation. Now that I have completed the Research Like a Pro study group I feel ready to tackle this huge endeavor. I will be tracing the paternal line of Alfred W. Beck, who was born in ...
"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 ...
If your ancestor lived during a time period when there was a war, you will want to search for them in military records. "Military Records" refer to any and all records of all branches of the armed forces. There are different types of Military Rec ...
I will be the first to tell you that the organization of my genealogy research needs help! I have attended seminars and classes and I have lots of paper syllabi in folders in the cupboards of my office. I have lots of family photos in boxes and eve ...
A friend shared this poem with me a few weeks ago and I had to pass it along. Sometimes it seems that the more mysteries I solve, the more I uncover! One day I was sure the truth I had found! Determined to turn this thing upside down, I looked u ...
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