Here are some tips on creating a keepsake family history book, from Lifewire.com.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Using the LOC Sanborn Map collection
The Library of Congress has digitized 25,000 Sanborn fire insurance maps, with many more coming in the next 3 years. The maps give you some idea of what your ancestor's home and neighborhood were like. This article explains how to use them.
Monday, July 15, 2019
US Navy Muster Rolls
The National Archives has partnered with 3 other organizations to digitize Navy muster rolls , providing the names and personal data of enlisted crewmen on various ships from 1861 through 1879. The list includes escaped slaves who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War.
Source: ResearchBuzz
Source: ResearchBuzz
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
FamilySearch records expanded
If you haven't used the FamilySearch free online archives recently, you should know that they have added 15 million new records from many countries, as well as some U.S. States.
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New titles added to newspapers.com
Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...
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Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records. This ...
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Records encountered when doing genealogical research often include abbreviations. Family History Daily published this list of abbreviatio...
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Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...