After a brief fright in recent medical examinations I have learned the importance of knowing your health family history! Knowing about your family’s medical past truly can lead you to a healthier and more prepared future. It is an important factor in your family history that can literally change the way you live your daily [...]

While doing some research yesterday someone pointed out this poem located in the preface to a U.S. Census Book. It was found in the newspaper The Portis Patriot, printed in Portis, Kansas, 20 April 1882. I got a giggle out of it and thought you might as well.
The Puzzled Census-Taker
by John G. Saxe
“Got any boys?” the [...]

This New Year’s weekend I had the opportunity to help a friend with Polish research.  He was visiting a brother in Utah and, just before his trip, was entrusted with his family’s records while he was near the largest genealogical repository in the world, The Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He was anxious to get some [...]

Research always becomes more real to me when I’m able to get a better idea of the context surrounding a particular event in an ancestor’s life.  As we all know, immigration is a key event that can help link an ancestor to the old country as well as provide other information vital to our research.  [...]

Inspired by her love of genealogy, retired librarian, Mollie, began to develop a searchable website for free online books nearly three years ago.  After gathering nearly 5,000 links she very generously put it on the web in December 2007, entitled Genealogy Book Links. Since that time it has grown to contain nearly 20,000 titles with 7,500 in the [...]

Many of you may remember NBC’s recent television series entitled, “Who Do You Think You Are?”  This captivating series dove back into America’s history to find the family heritage of seven celebrities with very different backgrounds.  With the help of genealogists, the likes of Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Spike Lee and many more discovered the [...]