ancestors
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What War did your Ancestors Serve in?
May 20
As the calendar rolls towards Memorial Day, or Veteran's Day, genealogists begin to wonder what wars their ancestors served in. You might have photos or other mementos from relatives that make it clear exactly which war they served in. Sometimes things aren't so obvious. Fortunately, Fold3 has created a handy info-graphic that can help genealog...
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Cost of that 19th Century Photo
May 19
Any family historian is always thrilled to have any style photo of their ancestor. With the birth of a photo image with its many different formats over the 19th century it is interesting to see just what our relatives many have paid to have this 'newest' invention capture their image. By researching old newspapers it is easy to see the different c...
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Surnames in Great Britain 1881 & 1998
May 17
In tracing your family roots it can be very valuable to know where the majority of a family branch was concentrated. If you had ancestors from Great Britain in the 1880s and even in the 1990s, there is an online method to search where most with a certain family name lived. Using the PublicProfiler site you can place a surname in the search box. It...
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German Inventions
May 13
Since many people do have German ancestry in their family tree, it can be quite interesting and informative to look at just a few of the common inventions that were all developed by citizens living in Germany over different decades. As you look over the group, see if there are any of those surnames on your tree. It was Johannes Gutenberg who devel...
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Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906 to 1924
May 11
On Ancestry.com has just come available more than 2.4 million records along with images of the actual death certificates for people who died in Pennsylvania between January 1, 1906 and December 1924. Additional later dates for certificates will be added in the near future. Such records / death certificates by the turn of the 20th century had become...
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Northern Irish Record Book of 1639
May 9
The County of Londonderry is in northern Ireland. In the 17th century, a book was compiled of individuals, locations (towns) and businesses in Londonderry. It was actually of survey done by the Honourable Irish Society, compiled in 1639 by a Commission instituted under the Great Seal by Charles I, of all those estates in Derry managed by the City o...
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Bios – Search Engine
May 1
'My Genealogy Hound' website is a search engine for biographies that individuals or families have published on their ancestors. As you do your research, you might not be aware that any previously written biographies ever existed on certain family branches. Use the general search box below placing a key word or name. Better yet go to the link of se...
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It’s the Summer of 1925
Apr 29
You now have the opportunity to step back in time to the summer of 1925. Not really but at least through the popular magazines of that year. Your mother-grandmother-great grandmother (plus aunts, fathers, uncles and cousins) would have had the opportunity if they were young adults, teens or older adults to read the articles and certainly look over ...
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AARP Discount for Ancestry.com
Apr 28
Good news for those with AARP membership or those who would consider getting the AARP membership -- there is now offered a 30% discount on the Ancestry.com - one year World Explorer package subscription. Even better is if you already have Ancestry.com, you can call Member Services at 1-800-514-4645 to access the discount. Membership to AARP is $16...
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HathiTrust Digital Library
Apr 23
This collection of the HathiTrust Project has numerous magazines and periodicals especially aimed at assisting family historians. A major older periodical is "The Genealogical Advertiser" which was a quarterly magazine of family history. Besides the use of treasures from genealogy magazines, especially the vintage ones, check out the magazines w...