Category: Research and Resources
Posts that discuss specific books or databases for finding information about ancestors.
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We learned some tragic details in The Ballad of Mrs. Steele, but there are hints of other tragedies in her parents stories. Today we look at her mother’s life and the people in it, hoping to figure out some answers.
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The brain is an amazing instrument, capable of making great advancements, but also of making persistent stories. Understand how we think and why we tell stories can help us do a better job of learning new things and sharing that new knowledge. But sometimes, we still meet resistance…
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Sometimes the story is as much about the process as it is about the people. And a good soundtrack, too.
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Taking a moment to lay out my children’s “Great Eight” – with links and snapshots for their trees!
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The infamous “Brick Wall” is not the end of the story, but sometimes it can take years for the clue you need to find its way to you.
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John H. Callin, a Union artillery soldier, left behind a book of poems “written in the Army” when he died in 1913. One hundred years later, his words were transcribed and published online for the world to see!
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The last of four installments where we read the transcript of Grandma Merle’s Travelogue!
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Sometimes finding new information can make you question what you thought you knew. Sometimes that is beneficial and necessary… but it can also feel like a setback.
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Telling the story of immigrants is complicated – why they came, where they went, and who they became. This Danish family’s story is complicated by the different ways surnames were rendered before and after the 1856 naming law, and the variations between English and European spelling conventions. But “complicated” doesn’t mean “impossible”
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Finding and evaluating published family histories is a vital part of tying your research to that of your predecessors.
Mightier Acorns 