30 March 2006

Bureau of Land Management Site

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The Bureau of Land Management has created an online finding aid to manyof its patents for federal lands. It is a wonderful finding aid, but ...

Ancestry's Redbook

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Online sources and references are great, but sometimes an actual book is still a good idea ;-) Ancestry's Redbook provides an overview t...

Born in 3 states?

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Depending upon what record you choose to believe, my great-grandmother was born in either Iowa, Illinois, or Missouri. I am still not certai...
29 March 2006

These Ancestors cannot be displayed

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These Ancestors cannot be displayed The ancestors you are looking for are currently unavailable. They may be hi...
28 March 2006

Sophia Elizabeth Derle 1808-1877

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This is just to see if I can post a picture without any difficulty. This picture is taken from an oil portrait done of my 3rd great-grandmot...

When the census taker came to the door

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Have you ever thought about what really happened when the census taker knocked on your ancestor's door? The census itself really doesn...
27 March 2006

Do You Ear What I Ear?

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This article was posted several years ago and has been one of the most popular ones on our site. It discusses the way things are said and he...

We are going to Salt Lake

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I'm leading a research trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, this coming May. We still have spaces if anyone would like ...

Spellings all over the place

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There is an 1860 census enumeration that lists four of my families on one page. The problem is that the last name is spelled differently for...
24 March 2006

Preparing for Census Search

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Quite a few of the articles on our site discuss census searching. One of the key things to make any search of census records successful is t...

World War II Draft Cards

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World War II Draft Cards are available to the public for those men born between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897. While they were not youn...
23 March 2006

Native Born Alien?

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Mary Verikios was born in New York State and (to the best of my knowledge) never left the United States. Yet in the 1920, she is enumerated ...

Ancestral Signatures

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For many of us without family letters or diaries, obtaining a copy of our ancestor's signature requires searching specific types of reco...
22 March 2006

Birth dates on WWI Draft Cards

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A search of the World War I Draft Cards at Ancestry indicates that there are 10,893 draft cards for an individual born in 1918. When looking...

Al Capone-World War I Draft Card

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Al Capone is listed as a box cutter on his World War I Draft Card from 1918. His signature is at the bottom of the card, which can be viewed...
21 March 2006

SS-5 Forms

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Individuals with a Social Security Number should have an ss-5 form, which was completed by them (or their representatives) in order for them...
20 March 2006

Minor Naturalizations

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These records are sometimes misunderstood by genealogists. Minor naturalizations are not records naturalizing minors, they are naturalizatio...
18 March 2006

Enumerated in the Census Twice?

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It happens more than you think--someone listed in a census more than once. My grandmother is enumerated in 1930 once with her parents and on...

St. Peters, Missouri-using Ancestry.com

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For those living near St. Peters, Missouri (St. Louis burbs), I'll be presenting an all-day hands on workshop in using Ancestry.com on 1...

June Carter Cash

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For the last two weeks, the 1930 census image of June Carter Cash has been the most popular image on our site. It has received nearly thre...
17 March 2006

Civil War Pension Indexes

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Did you know that the Pension Index at Ancestry that includes Civil War Veterans is only one of three finding aids to pensions for men from ...

Our New Look...

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We've changed our main home page look to a blogtype format. Suggestions are welcome... I can be reached via email at mjnrootdig@gmail.co...

NGS Chicago-June 2006

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I'm looking forward to attending the National Genealogical Society's annual conference this June in Chicago, Illinois, in my home st...

Poorhouse Article

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We all have disappearing ancestors. Perhaps times got hard and your lost family went to the county poor house or local almshouse. That's...

Charles Schulz 1930

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The well-known Peanuts cartoonist is not living in Minnesota where he was born and where he grew up. Apparently his family spent a very shor...