One of the most valuable things you can do while researching your family tree is to properly organize your documents and notes. This process will allow you to evaluate your resources, draw conclusions and...
If you assume, as I did, that people of 100 years ago lived much the same lives as you and I do today, you’re in for a big surprise. Age at Marriage. Even though...
Like other ethnic and religious groups who have been subject to periods of immigration, war and displacement, Native American family history can be difficult to document and trace. Throughout history, many Native Americans were...
How Family Trees Grew in America Early genealogy in America was an extension of the European quest for verification of aristocracy, heraldry, and legitimacy. Tracing one’s genealogical roots in colonial America was seen as...
While tracing one’s family tree can be an ambitious undertaking for anyone, the widespread availability of resources has done much to democratize genealogy as a hobby and an industry. However, there are ethnic and...
In 2007, the New York Times featured an article about Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. Mr. Gates hosted a televised...
The website SortedByName.com contains scanned and transcribed documents that may be of great help to you in your genealogical search. The files, such as death and birth certificates, are indexed alphabetically and are free...
Some people contribute to society by volunteering at a church, sporting club or soup kitchen, some people create free websites to help many people share their genealogy and others use their computer skills to...
In the last decade, the use of DNA testing as a tool for genealogical research has become both popular and controversial. As more people have expressed a desire to use scientific analysis to verify...
