Dear Mother: Family Letters and Your Genealogy
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 22, 2013
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how your ancestors’ letters can help with your family history research – and how you can find them... (Read More)
Tag: Letters and Diaries or Journals
Deciphering 19th Century Handwriting and Type in Records & Newspapers
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 23, 2013
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp providing tips to help you decipher handwriting or newspaper type in old letters, wills, census records, and newspapers... (Read More)
Genealogy Serendipity: Ancestor’s Bible & Journals Returned to Family
By Thomas Jay Kemp on September 27, 2012
Thomas Jay Kemp writes about the kindness of a stranger who found and returned his cousin Ransom Ferdinand Smith’s long-lost Bible and journals... (Read More)
