06 May 2014

FamilySearch: Yates County, NY Materials

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The following database is showing as updated on FamilySearch New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009

Daily Genealogy Transcriber

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One of the blogs I write is the Daily Genealogy Transcriber . On it, I try and post daily a signature or other piece of writing for readers...
04 May 2014

A Meander Towards Leander

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One has to be careful using names as hard evidence of a family connection. But it certainly is tempting and it can give a researcher encou...

Upgrade Skills with Our Webinars

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With summer coming there’s no better time to increase your genealogical research skills. Our low-priced presentations can get you back on y...
03 May 2014

FamilySearch Updates: NH Marriages, NY Naturalization Index

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The following databases are showing as updated on FamilySearch  since our last update: New Hampshire, Marriage Certificates, 1948-1959 N...
02 May 2014

Updated on FamilySearch-Iowa Births

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The following database is showing as updated on FamilySearch  since our last update: Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935
01 May 2014

Georgia Deaths Updated at FamilySearch

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This database is showing as updated at FamilySearch since our last posting: Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1930

My Spreadsheet of Immigrants

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It has been a while since I posted this challenge to readers: Make a chart with all your immigrant ancestors, including as many details of t...

Updated On FamilySearch: Washington State County Records

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The following database is showing as updated on FamilySearch since our last post: Washington, County Records, 1803-2009
29 April 2014

A Picture of Aunt Lucinda--the Shaker With Descendants

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This is the first time I have ever found a relative's photograph in an archival collection in any library. And a wonderful picture it...

Updated on FamilySearch: Wisconsin and Hamilton County, Ohio Materials

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The following are showing as new or updated since our last FamilySearch post: Wisconsin, Probate Estate Files, 1848-1948 Ohio, Hamilton ...

The Only Stone Left Standing

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[this post was posted to my Casefile Clues blog some time ago and we're reposting it here since Shakers have been a recent topic of disc...
28 April 2014

Shakers Can Have Descendants

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Ancestry.com  recently released a set of databases concentrating on Quakers . Their marketing materials included an ad indicating that there...

New or Updated or on FamilySearch-WA County Mateials and NY Published Passenger Lists

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The following are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch: Washington, County Records, 1803-2009 New York, Book Indexes to Passenger L...
26 April 2014

A Citation Question-Separate Publications Bound Together

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Digital images are great, but sometimes they create slight confusion when crafting a citation from them. I located a reference in a Depre...

New Webinars End of April-Land and Court Records and Illinois Research

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Illinois Research-rescheduled due to recording difficulties Geared towards advanced beginners and intermediate researchers, it focuses ...

FamilySearch: IL Naturalization Petitions; IN Marriages; NH Marriages

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The following databases are showing as having been updated since our last posting: Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalizatio...
25 April 2014

FamilySearch: MD and DE Freedmen's Bureau Records and DE Vitals

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These databases are showing as new or updated since our last posting: Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1...
24 April 2014

Henry Miller Enumerated in 1880 Dead and Alive

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Millers can be difficult to find. My Henry Miller is no exception to that rule. Trying to find Henry in the 1860 through 1880 federal census...
23 April 2014

Freedmen's Bureau Records on FamilySearch: North Carolina and Virginia

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The following databases are showing as new or updated since our last update: North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1863-1872 Vi...

The More Specific I Am the More Hits I Get

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Again, I am confused by Ancestry.com 's search.  Ok, I'm not really confused. I know it's not working the way it is suppose...

FamilySearch: Freedmen's Bureau Records (MD, DE, TX), IN Marriages, Naturalizations (NY and RI)

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FamilySearch indicated the following databases are new or updated since our last posting: New York, Naturalization Index, 1792-1...
22 April 2014

After Thirty Years I Have Found Bernard

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I've searched for my mother's immigrant ancestors in passenger manifests for over thirty years. All of her families immigrated to th...

War of 1812 Warrants on BLM Site--A Suggestion

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[note: this post is not meant to be a comprehensive discussion of these records] Researchers sometimes forget about the War of 1812 and...
21 April 2014

Updated on FamilySearch: Boston Taxes from 19th Century

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These are showing as updated since our last update: Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918