With the holiday shopping season in full swing, I thought I’d suggest a few genealogy-related gifts that may make some of your friends and family members smile this year.

I would be remiss if I didn’t suggest that you purchase a gift certificate or a research session for a loved one from ProGenealogists. At this point [...]

When I was very young, Thanksgiving meant lots of food, visits with grandparents, dressing up like a Pilgrim, and making hand turkeys with multi-colored construction paper at school. Things were certainly simpler as a child. I enjoy those fond Thanksgiving memories.
As I’ve grown and as life has become more complicated, Thanksgiving means quite a bit more. I started [...]

I guess it seemed fitting as I attended the funeral service and saw the casket draped with an American Flag. After all, Veterans Day was just last week. Wells Maudsley was my parents’ age and I’d known him for most of the 20 years we lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same church. [...]

In our third installment of Genesis of our Genealogists, meet Ray Wright, one of our Case Managers who specializes in Eastern European, French, Scandinavian, German, and Italian/Dual Citizenship research.
Interview with Raymond S. Wright

Where did you grow up?
 
I was born in Ogden, Utah where I lived until age 14.  After that my parents moved to Reno, [...]

The records of fraternal orders and other societies are a relatively untapped source for genealogy, with great promise. I was delighted to see that the Kansas Historical Society is hosting a database of Fraternal Order Death Notices from several orders. Over 50,000 individuals are included in the time period 1873-1970. Both men and women (in [...]

I feel the need to briefly set the mental scene for this post. It seems for the most part that the posts on this blog are generated from the subject matter which the various authors are feasting on at the time they write their posts. Someone asked if I wouldn’t write my next post on [...]

We at ProGenealogists thought it would be quite appropriate to celebrate Day of the Dead this year.
Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated by Mexicans every year on November 2 to commemorate their deceased loved ones. Other cultures also have a similar tradition of celebrating their deceased relatives. The Mexican holiday has some connection with  [...]