I got a young start on my family history. I was in high school when my interest in pursuing my family’s genealogy began. Fortunately for me, three of my grandparents were still living. Others told me one good way to get started was to interview my grandparents and help them fill out a family sheet [...]

With the holiday season in full-swing, I thought it would be fun to use various holiday words and phrases and see if I could find people in historical records that carried these words and phrases as actual names. Here are a few that I found:
1. Mary Christmas
There are many instances of this name appearing, but [...]

Much talk goes on in our office about those who are Native American and those who are not. This is because many people request our services to find their Native American ancestors and most often documentation shows that they are not. This is true because most of the people who submit these requests are Caucasian. [...]