Top Genealogy Websites, Pt. 5: State Vital Records in the U.S.

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 27, 2013

A growing number of states in the U.S. are putting their vital records online, making it easier for genealogists to obtain these records. The West Virginia Division of Culture and History is a prime example of how these state projects are revolutionizing family history research in the 21st Century. West Virginia has put up... (Read More)

A Wife & Mother’s Plea in the Newspaper after the War of 1812

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 1, 2013

The War of 1812 had been over for more than a year, and Catharine Logan had heard nothing from her husband or son since they marched off to fight the British in the summer of 1812. For four years she’d been waiting and hoping for news about her missing family…so she wrote a letter... (Read More)