Category: Research and Resources
Posts that discuss specific books or databases for finding information about ancestors.
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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.
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A look at FamilySearch.org as part of your online family history eco-system. Part of the “Harmonizing Across Multiple Platforms” series.
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There are challenges to researching immigrant ancestors who came to America from Europe, but with luck, patience, and practice, you can assemble a reliable picture of their lives in their original homes.
Mightier Acorns 