German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links (Available in PDF format)

German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links is now available in .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Leland’s popular addendum to The German Researcher, is now available in electronic format. The electronic version costs less than the printed option; however, both Continue reading German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links (Available in PDF format)

True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars

In a day and age where selecting the perfect title for a book, a movie, or even a magazine article is often more a marketing question than a practical one, it is nice to find books whose titles declare exactly Continue reading True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars

Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA

I write approximately six book reviews a week for this site. The main goal of each review is provide sufficient information about a book to allow the reader to determine the book’s potential value to their own library. In other Continue reading Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA

Windows on the Past: Identifying, Dating, & Preserving Photographs

Over the past fifteen or so years, I have repeatedly heard or participated in many discussions, sometimes heated, over the best treatment and care for both older and newer photographs. The crux of the discussions often centering around digital photography Continue reading Windows on the Past: Identifying, Dating, & Preserving Photographs

A Genealogists’ Insta-Guide: Dollarhide’s Rules & Daffern’s Laws

William Dollarhide is a well-know author, census-records expert, avid genealogist and co-creator of a new series of guides called Genealogists’ Insta-Guides. Dollarhide is also well know for his “Genealogy Rules.” These are rules he has created to assist genealogists in Continue reading A Genealogists’ Insta-Guide: Dollarhide’s Rules & Daffern’s Laws

Scandinavian-American Genealogical Resources

Scandinavian-American Genealogical Resources is a straight-forward listing of resource pertinent to Americans and Europeans searching their Nordic ancestry. Resources are divided into five major Nordic groups, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish. Each group, of course, represents a home country. Continue reading Scandinavian-American Genealogical Resources

NGS Research in the States Series: New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County

Beginning in 1987, the National Genealogical Society began publishing a series of state guides in the organization’s magazine, the Quarterly. These guides were later issued as special publications. The latest version of the series contains revised guides, plus additional states Continue reading NGS Research in the States Series: New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County

Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Rhineland III and Palatinate (Pfalz); Volume XIII [Newly Reprinted]

Family Roots Publishing’s Map Guide to German Parish Registers series are wildly popular. Of the 42 volumes now in print, Kingdom of Prussia, Province of  Rhineland III and Kingdom of Bavaria, Palatinate (Pfalz) is the most popular of all. Freshly Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Rhineland III and Palatinate (Pfalz); Volume XIII [Newly Reprinted]

Georgia Research – Winner of NGS’s Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods and Sources

Every year at its annual banquet, a popular part of its annual convention, NGS awards individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to NGS programs or have performed outstanding work in the field of genealogy, history, biography, or heraldry. Continue reading Georgia Research – Winner of NGS’s Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods and Sources

Dictionary of American-Indian Place and Proper Names in New England

Another in a line of great reprints from the New England Historic Genealogical Society comes a Dictionary of American-Indian Place and Proper Names in New England, written by R. A. Douglas-Lithgow, in 1909, with an added foreword by David Allen Continue reading Dictionary of American-Indian Place and Proper Names in New England

A Brief History of Roads in Virginia 1607-1840

“County court records relating to roads and transportation are collectively know as “road orders.” The Virginia Transportation Research Council’s published volumes of road orders and related materials contain not only information on early roads, but also the names of inhabitants Continue reading A Brief History of Roads in Virginia 1607-1840

Annals of Witchcraft in New England and Elsewhere in the United States

To speak of witches in history is to speak of the Salem which trials. The infamous events surrounding the small community of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 have been retold for generations, and have become a standard inclusion in American History Continue reading Annals of Witchcraft in New England and Elsewhere in the United States