Most public and academic libraries in the United States offer a great service, often overlooked by genealogists, called Interlibrary Loan (ILL). This service allows a local library to borrow a...
What family historian wouldn't love to possess their great, great grandfather's original will or a centuries old family Bible? Such items are treasures for anyone with a love of history....
It's so easy, since I live in America, to write about U.S. resources. With a worldwide audience and worldwide interests, however, I'd like to make a concerted effort to include...
An article in last week's New York Times discusses the growing trend of entrepreneurs who make a living capturing the stories and memories of older generations, such as this excerpt...
The Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office records are a great online resource for U.S. genealogists researching ancestors in the federal or public land states. As far as online...
Illya D'Addezio of Genealogy Today and Family Tree Connection wrote to tell me about the launch of yet another Web site today -- a metasearch genealogy site called Live Roots....
The long-running Everton's Genealogical Helper magazine launched with a less expensive online version earlier this year. However, hosting on the World Vital Records' servers was causing confusion and access difficulties...
It comes up in the school setting quite a bit, but even adult adoptees face questions when tracing their family tree and displaying the results. Do I trace my genetic...
Yesterday was the deadline for voters in my area to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, which immediately brought to mind several of the recent finds I've...
