ancestor
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Try a Search Engine Designed for Family History. Mocavo.
Aug 10
The use of the general Internet search engines is invaluable, especially Google. There seems to be nothing it can not locate, if it is on the World Wide Web. Google Books is a wonderful addition, quickly locating a certain name, place or historical event in a digital book copy within moments and on the exact page. Of course using a search engi...
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Scenes of Old Richmond, Virginia
Aug 6
The fine city of Richmond, Virginia dates back to the early 1700s. A region known in those early years for coal mining and its fine agriculture had the city of Richmond developed by Colonel William Byrd II in 1737. He selected the city’s name of Richmond for the area of Richmond, England where the Thames River flows through it just as the James ...
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Finding Answers On A Tiny Piece of Paper
Aug 4
As you research your family, always check and investigate everything piece of information you come across, for you never know what interesting bit about the family can be discovered. The following illustrates just such an example that happened in my research. Wedged deep in between the pages of the family Musselman Bible was the tiniest sliver o...
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Online Michigan Death Records 1897 – 1920
Aug 2
The state of Michigan has made available online actual images of Michigan death certificates for the family history researcher. The site known as Seeking Michigan which is a take-off the state motto; “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” SPECIAL NOTE: That site as of July 2012 appears not to be functioning. There remains the Mi...
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The Northern Irish Ancestor
Jul 31
There are two Irish regions, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom. Over the decades many Irish families, especially those from the northern region of the emerald isle, have resettled in England, Scotland or Wales. So to help locate some additional vital records on any ancestors from the Northern Irela...
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The Soldiers of New Jersey 1861 to 1865
Jul 29
Learning of any ancestors who served during the American Civil War is essential. For those researchers with family ties to New Jersey there is an online database which makes the search much easier. The Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865 is part of the N. J. State Library Information Center. The digital databa...
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Why Bother Finding Your Ancestors?
Jul 27
Boy, that question may have been asked of you more than once. You may have even now questioned yourself why you are putting in the time and effort to research about your ancestors. You should re-examine your motives from time to time, especially during those times when you hit nothing but road blocks in your research. Well, hopefully the foll...
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A New Organizational Family Site
Jul 25
It is great to discover any new method for organizing one’s family information, images and stories. One such new software site is titled Tpstry, which allows a family researcher to simply put together online general information about family members, and include stories, images, timelines and events in a family’s history. What is created i...
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Searching Atlanta, Georgia Newspapers
Jul 23
Everyone might assume the City of Atlanta has been around as long as the United States has existed, but not so. Not until the southern train terminus was established in 1837, did any type of community exist in the area. It was originally just named ‘Terminus’, then in 1843 renamed Marthasville and by 1845 finally named Atlanta. The first news...
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An Online Backup Program – Save Your Research
Jul 21
Using software programs on a computer such as Family Tree Maker, Legacy or RootsMagic are great methods to organize the collection of ancestral names, dates, location and detailed information. You put a good deal of time into researching and organizing the data on the software programs, you certainly do not want anything to happen to that hard ...