19 November 2011

Irish Genealogy Research

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Irish Genealogy Research (at a glance) by Brian Mitchell.

German Genealogy Research

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German Genealogy Research (at a glance) by Ernest Thode.

Spend 30 Get 30%

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Until Sunday 20 November at 11:59 PM CST, we are running a Pre-Thanksgiving Sale on my recorded webinars--Spend 30 Get 30%.  Thanksgiving is...
18 November 2011

Year 2 Issue of Casefile Clues

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Topics from the first 51 issues of year 2 are shown below ( order them here ): (email me at mjnrootdig@gmail.com if you need fewer than the ...

Where Did Missouri Marriages 1805-2002 Come From?

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This is the source information, copied directly from the Ancestry.com site. Source Information Ancestry.com.  Missouri Marriage Reco...

Searching Passenger Lists on Ancestry.com-Rescheduled for 30 Nov

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My webinar on searching the US passenger lists at Ancestry.com has been rescheduled for 30 Nov. Details are on my webinar schedule .

December 2011 Webinar Schedule

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We've announced our schedule of genealogy webinars in December of 2011. Registrants who are unable to attend can receive (at no charge)...

Ellis Island Research

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Ellis Island Research (at a glance) by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
17 November 2011

Genealogy at a Glance-English Research

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This is a brief discussion of another one of Genealogical Publishing Company's "Genealogy at a Glance" guides. English Genea...

Are those "n"s made into "u"s or vice versa?

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The screen above is one of the results from a search for  "Freund" as a last name in Scott County, Iowa, in the Civil War Draft ...
16 November 2011

Alien Enemies and Digital Images From Kansas--What's the Source?

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Ancestry.com recently released a database of  Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemies, 1917-1918 . Their images come from the microfilm cop...

Citing Ancestry.com Databases and Images-QuickSheet

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" Quick Sheet: Citing Ancestry.com(r) Databases & Images " This quick guide to citing Ancestry.com's materials by El...
13 November 2011

My Daily Sites

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For those who don't know, I have three daily sites: Genealogy Tip of the Day --one how-to tip every day.  Daily Genealogy Transcribe...

Two New Webinars-30% Discount-Free Brick Walls Webinar

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Two new genealogy webinars were released over the weekend: The Missing 1840 Census and Using the BLM Site--DeedMapper is also a recent rel...

Searching the SSDI for a Death from 18 October 2011

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My great-uncle, LeRoy Ufkes, passed away on 18 October 2011. I decided to see what versions of the Social Security Death Index contained his...

How Soon Is the SSDI Updated on the Web?

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Genealogists frequently use the Social Security Death Index in their research. It is compiled by the Social Security Administration and used...

The Missing 1840 Census Enumeration Webinar Recording

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New webinar recording released: The Missing 1840 Census Enumeration   ( NEW !) .  This webinar discusses a couple "missing" from...

Recent Deaths in the SSDI

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I'm always amazed at how current the Social Security Death Index is sometimes. My great-aunt died on 1 November of this year (Mildred Tr...
11 November 2011

Recorded copy of DeedMapper Webinar Available for Purchase

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DeedMapper  ( NEW !)  Geared for the person who is not familiar with DeedMapper--which maps properties described in metes and bounds, allows...

Recorded Copy of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Website Available

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Using the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Website ( NEW !) . You can  purchase the recorded version of the webinar as a Windows media file a...

World War 2 Selective Service Records for "Traditional" Age Registrants

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This was posted to my site years ago, but I'm creating a new post. These are scans of the front and back of the World War II Selecti...
10 November 2011

The Third Grader's 1850 Census

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From the Ancestry Daily News     Michael John Neill – 8/2/2000 Can't believe it has been eleven years since I wrote this...still prett...

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Today only, buy 1 recorded genealogy webinar today, get 1 free. Check out our web page for more information .
09 November 2011

Using US Passenger Lists at Ancestry.com

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We've added another genealogy webinar for 18 November. The topic this time will be "Using US Passenger Lists at Ancestry.com."...

Getting Around Missing Ancestry.com Locations

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For those who have read my blog posts on missing locations in the drop-down menu on the search interface at Ancestry.com, I've posted a ...