There's a great tip in this video. Tracing your roots out of North America can be tough. Understanding how surname spelling evolves can...

I met a man at a genealogy conference recently. He's his family's historian and has been researching his family tree for decades. But...

After this post, I climbed up on my kitchen countertop and got down this bowl. It belonged to Granny. It's been on top of my cabinets...

These documents vary a lot depending on the time period and location. Some of the early naturalization documents contain sparse...

Granny always kept a diary of her daily activities. This entry from 1962--62 years ago today-- started out like any other February day...

Historical content and knowledge is so important in any genealogical search.

We've all gone down a rabbit hole in our research. You go to look at just one piece of information, only to realize minutes or hours...