Burial Archive

Thankful for Pickett


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 [...]

Source Envy


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 [...]

I Heart Obituaries!


Are privacy laws a stumbling block for you in your 21st and 20th century research? They often block us, too.
Sometimes our clients know very little about their ancestry. One client’s grandfather died tragically, and the father did not talk to the his son (our client) about that side of the family. Another client found out [...]

Great Resources for London Research


A great new resource has recently become available for those of us with London ancestors. London is pretty much one of the most difficult places to research in England. This is particularly true for those whose only access to London records is the Internet. Well, at long last, there now exists a substantial database for [...]