This post has been a few months in the making, but I finally have the time to sit back and let the words flow. Do you ever stop and marvel about the widespread interest in genealogy not just in the United States, but also in other countries? Sometimes I am amazed by the connections we [...]

This week at the National Genealogical Society conference here in Salt Lake City, I was thrilled to see the progress being made by FamilySearch in publishing/indexing European records. Many new European records are available on FamilySearch’s Record Search site including from Austria, France, Ireland, Russia, and Ukraine, among other countries. These are some of the [...]

I had the pleasure this month of visiting the Archives de Paris, the public archives of the city of Paris. It is located on boulevard Sérurier near the Porte des Lilas metro station. That metro station is on metro lines 11 and 3bis.
During my visit, I was impressed by the records available at the Archives [...]

As one of ProGenealogists’s senior genealogists, I specialize in European research. In November 2009, I will be traveling in France, Germany, and Poland. I am available to undertake research for ProGenealogists clients during this time. That includes archival research in repositories of these countries, onsite research in cemeteries and churches, home site research, and interviewing [...]