Mary Harrell-Sesniak gives advice and provides free resources so that you can make your own genealogy quote graphics to share on social media sites... (Read More)
The Family Bible I bought on eBay has arrived and I have been going through the family registry pages name by name, sorting out how each person is related and fits into the family tree. Here is the entry for William Richmond’s son, Horace William Richmond, born October 2nd 1852. Tracing My Family Tree... (Read More)
Introduction: Duncan Kuehn is a professional genealogist with over eight years of client experience. She has worked on several well-known projects, such as “Who Do You Think You Are?” and researching President Barack Obama’s ancestry. In this guest blog post, Duncan describes how DNA research may help solve a missing person case from 1926.... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena uses old newspaper articles—and a friend’s photo collection—to reminisce about the 1964 World’s Fair. Have you been to a World’s Fair? Did you or a family member go to the 1964 World’s Fair... (Read More)
The Richmond Family Bible I bought on eBay recently arrived in the mail. It was exactly as the seller had described it. The eBay description had read: Cover is well worn and torn. A few pages are loose, most still intact. Pages have spots throughout. This is a family Bible which belonged to the... (Read More)
Mary Harrell-Sesniak discusses online resources for exploring the history of your pioneer ancestors – and the trails they used to migrate west... (Read More)
It’s been years since I looked at eBay to find family heirlooms and artifacts. In the past, I have made some spectacular family history finds. For example, I once found an old family letter written by Jonathan Huse (1767-1853) to his mother, and an 1813 sampler created by his daughter Sarah Araline Huse (1807-1825)... (Read More)
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