Photo: immigrants coming up the board-walk from the barge, which has taken them off the steamship company’s docks, and transported them to Ellis Island, 1902. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Tips: Researching Your Immigrant Ancestors

By Katie Rebecca Garner on June 26, 2023

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your immigrant ancestors... (Read More)

Revisiting Dad: 3 Tips for Continuing Your Genealogy Research

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on June 15, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives three tips for expanding your research on the story of your father’s life... (Read More)

Photo: old photos and correspondence. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Why Do Genealogy? (part 2)

By Jessica Edwards on June 12, 2023

In this article, the second of two parts, Jessica Edwards looks back at her many years exploring her family history and explains why she loves genealogy... (Read More)

Why Do Genealogy? (part 1)

By Jessica Edwards on May 17, 2023

In this article, Jessica Edwards looks back at her many years exploring her family history and explains why she loves genealogy... (Read More)

Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Krause porcelain portraits on their gravestone, WaKeeney City Cemetery, Trego County, Kansas. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Genealogy Tip: Gravestone Porcelain Photos

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 16, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a feature you occasionally see on gravestones: a porcelain portrait of the deceased... (Read More)

Photo: Civil War cannon at Gettysburg. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Civil War Pension (part 3)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on May 15, 2023

In this article – the third and final in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Civil War pension... (Read More)

Photo: Civil War cannon firing (reenactment). Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Civil War Pension (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on May 8, 2023

In this article – the second in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Civil War pension... (Read More)