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The Ukraine has been an independent country for only 21 years. Its history, culture, its cities go much further back. The capital, Kiev, dates back to 482. The identity of its people has changed many times as one sovereignty, government, Continue reading Finding Your Ukrainian Ancestors
Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History helps genealogist record living histories while they are still available. The introduction acquaints the reader with the “Life History Interview.” Effectively, audio or video interviews with family members, usually the Continue reading Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History
Only a Few Bones: A True Account of the Rolling Fork Tragedy and Its Aftermath is not a novel. Author John Philip Colletta does, however, tell a story. The story is dates back to March of 1873, in a little Continue reading Only a Few Bones
So many of the books we come across focus on tracing one’s ancestry to Europe. And why not? For hundreds of years Europeans represented the majority of immigrants into North America. Ellis Island alone saw 12 million enter this country Continue reading Mexican-American Genealogical Research
There are few enough books on researching Slovak Ancestry. For this reason alone, Finding Your Slovak Ancestors…, by Lisa A. Alzo is valuable to many researchers. Approximately 650,000 Slovaks emigrated to North America between 1875 and 1914. That mean millions Continue reading Finding Your Slovak Ancestors
For 14 years Mary L. Jackson Fears worked diligently on her family’s history. Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else is a narrative of her experiences in researching her slave ancestors. Instead of a how-to book, Fears has created a guide Continue reading Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else
Genealogical Standards of Evidence: A Guide for Family Historians was written by Brenda Dougall Merriman. In her words, this book is “intended as an introduction to the habits of careful researchers.” This includes explaining the basic standards of evidence and Continue reading Genealogical Standards of Evidence
Maureen A. Taylor is known as The Photo Detective. She is an internationally recognized expert on the intersection of those three passions: history, photography and genealogy. She has written multiple books on the subject of capturing and protecting photographs. Taylor Continue reading Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840–1900
There is not much to say about Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, Maryland. The book is exactly what the title says it is, an abstract from the 1790 U.S. Continue reading Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, Maryland
Reviewing the German Name-Change Gazetteer is not without difficulty, as the book is written in German. Despite two years of German in high school, which needless to say was some years ago, I don’t profess to speaking German. Despite my Continue reading German Name-Change Gazetteer
In 1894, James A. Roberts became the comptroller for the State of New York. During his first term he took action to systematically order, “for the purpose of easy reference,” the old records of the comptroller’s department. Records and papers Continue reading New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
Missouri 1890 Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows was created from special schedules used to identify Union Civil War veterans as a means of locating persons entitled to pensions or disability benefits. Though intended to serve only Continue reading Missouri 1890 Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows
The English began taking direct interest in North America beginning in the early 1500s by fishing its coastal waters, then claiming land in Newfoundland in 1583. Immigration grew by increasing numbers through the colonial years. Official government records for people Continue reading Genealogy At A Glance: English Genealogy Research
Since 1845 about a third of central and eastern Europe’s emigrants to other continents took passage from Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg is a key city in the densely populated and industrialized Nordrhein-Westfalen area of Germany. The Atlantic Bridge to Germany, Volume Continue reading The Atlantic Bridge to Germany: Nordrehin-Westfalen
We recently received this announcement from Brightsolid about their new pay-as-you-go website for census research: BRIGHTSOLID ENTERS US GENEALOGY MARKET WITH GROUND-BREAKING PAY-AS-YOU-GO SITE CENSUSRECORDS.COM First pay-as-you-go site offers greater choice and affordability Launching later this year, brightsolid’s flagship US Continue reading Brightsolid Introduces CensusRecords.com