Starting My Family Tree
Are you a beginner to genealogy? Here are the steps to building a strong foundation in researching a family tree. The task of starting a … Read more
Military Headstones Can Provide Excellent Information For Genealogy Research
Who is Eligible for a Government-Issued Headstone? Upon request and at no charge to the applicant, The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) supplies … Read more
Getting To Know Our Ancestors
There Can Be Clues Hiding In Those Papers Researching a family tree can lead to a huge collection of papers and things. A second or … Read more
The Tradition of Bringing Home America’s War Dead
Some interesting facts about the tradition in our country of bringing home the dead during American wars. Civil War The American Civil War had over … Read more
The Genealogical Importance of an Individual Deceased Personnel File
Finding information about family members in the military when records were lost or destroyed. Sadly, many of us, me included, have ancestors that were killed … Read more
The Importance of Teaching Our Children Their Genealogy and Family History
I have been interested in my family tree for as long as I can remember. I always loved listening to everyone’s stories, trying to store … Read more
The Importance of Digitizing Family Research
Family tree research leads to acquiring a lot of things. Things like photos, letters, wills, and jewelry. It can be a little overwhelming trying to … Read more
Finding Little Clues
Aren’t Grandmothers Great? Grandmothers are the absolute best at keeping things. When it comes time to find all the family goodies just go look through … Read more
Using Ancestry’s Card Catalog
Why Use the Card Catalog on Ancestry.com? To begin go to search and slide down close to the end where you see card catalog. Why? … Read more
Using Newspapers to Tell a Family Story – The History of a Marine
The story of Marine – Jesse Melton Browne Jr. and tips on finding his history using newspapers! I absolutely love it when things just come … Read more
Accidental Finds and Looking for Details
That Crazy Dejavu Feeling! Today I have a photo I’m researching, a large maybe 8×10 photo ( I didn’t measure it, but this is close) … Read more
Photo Types Can Also Tell You About Dates
Let’s Explore Some Different Types of Photos A few little dating tips regarding some of the photos found. Hopefully this will be helpful to some … Read more