Surnames: Peter Herrick or Petrus Heurich?
For some time, while doing research to create my family tree, I had a very hard time figuring out what my ancestors’ last names were originally. In a couple specific cases, I was wondering...
Discovering Names
What does your name mean, where does it come from, how else could you spell it? They are questions I have been trying to ask some of my long deceased ancestors. They generally don’t...
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- Three New Ways to Learn About Your Ancestor's Military Service May 23, 2017On Memorial Day, Americans traditionally place flowers on the graves of those who died in military service (read how this holiday, originally called Decoration Day began). Canadians observe Memorial Day on July 1. Library of Congress Another way to honor your ancestors who served in the armed forces is to learn about their wartime experiences […]Diane
- Overlooked Genealogy Resource Alert! 9 Tips to Research at Heritage Museums May 3, 2017You’ve searched Ancestry.com and FamilySearch, gone to the library and maybe even taken a DNA test to discover your family's immigrant origins. But for a genealogist, just knowing the country or region is rarely enough. To find records in your family's homeland, you need their town or village. And you probably want to understand how […]Diane
- National DNA Day 2017: What It Is & Genetic Genealogy Sales To Look For April 24, 2017National Human Genome Research Institute If you follow genealogy folks on Facebook, Twitter or blogs, you might've seen mention DNA Day. What, you wonder, is DNA Day? National DNA Day is April 25. It commemorates two landmark events in human genetic research that happened in April: In 1953, the journal Nature published papers by geneticists […]Diane
- Find Ancestors in Free Probate Records on AmericanAncestors! April 18, 2017AmericanAncestors.org, the database website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, is offering you free access to 32 of its probate records-related databases through next Tuesday, April 25. You must register as a free guest member with AmericanAncestors.org in order to access the probate databases, which mostly come from New York and New England. Click […]Diane
- Q&A With Randy Majors, Creator of Online Map & Search Tools Genealogists Love April 12, 2017Randy Majors is the inventor of the Historical US County Boundary Maps tool genealogists use to trace their ancestors' county boundary changes (we at Family Tree Magazine think it's so useful that we made it one of our 101 Best Websites for 2016). AncestorSearch, which lets you run genealogy-specific advanced Google searches, is another one […]Diane