A few weeks ago, I was browsing through some Ancestry.com hints and found a few interesting records. One was a marriage license application for my …
Research & Analysis
Looking at Locations
Last week my Facebook news feed was filled with colorful charts showing the birth locations of five to seven generations of friends' families. The …
William W. Lanier: One Man or Two?
More to the point—was the William W. Lanier who died on 7 Nov 1931 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama the son of William Washington Lanier and …
One Thomas Son Found — Two More to Go
Sometimes you have pieces of the puzzle, but they don't mean much until the rest of the puzzle falls in your lap. Or in this case, lands …
Identifying Parents for Rebecca, Polly, and Rachel
This morning I'm on my way to Salt Lake City for a few days of research this week and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy course "Advanced DNA …
Obituaries Aren’t Always Accurate But This One . . .
Every genealogist has probably seen obituaries with mistakes. When I decided to look for my great-grandfather's obituary last week while visiting …
