Photo: Sylvester Rawding family sod house, 1886. Credit: Solomon D. Butcher; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tips: Was Your Ancestor a Homesteader? (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on June 25, 2024

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner explores the records that homesteading left behind and where those records can be found... (Read More)

Genealogy Tips: Was Your Ancestor a Homesteader? (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on June 24, 2024

Katie Rebecca Garner explains that one in three Americans descend from homesteaders and gives tips for researching your homesteader ancestors.. (Read More)

Photo: the harbor of San Francisco, California, in 1851, with Yerba Buena Island and the Berkeley Hills in the background. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Photo Album of California Pioneers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 11, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry showcases more pictures from a photo album of California pioneers, featuring the Osborn and Moore family lines... (Read More)

Photo Album of California Pioneers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on May 31, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry showcases a photo album of California pioneers, featuring the Osborn and Moore family lines... (Read More)

Photo: Enos Hale Farnsworth. Credit: Mark Douglas Stephenson of New Hampshire.

New England Scions Who Settled McLean County in Illinois (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on September 26, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues with stories she uncovered about pioneer settlers she found in an old photo... (Read More)

Photo: “Snow & Palmer,” from the 1907 coffee table book Picturesque Bloomington, shows several Snow & Palmer milk wagons in front of 602 W. Jefferson Street, Bloomington, Illinois. Courtesy of the McLean County Museum of History.

New England Scions Who Settled McLean County in Illinois (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on September 22, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry finds an old photo of pioneer settlers and digs deeper to uncover their stories... (Read More)

covered wagon. Photo credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Exploring the California & Oregon Trail in the 1820s and Beyond

By GenealogyBank on August 17, 2023

Explore the fascinating history of the California & Oregon Trail of the 1820s. Trace your ancestry and discover the routes of early settlers... (Read More)

Photo: Ohio expedition reenactors departing Ipswich, Massachusetts, on 3 December 1937. Courtesy of Hamilton Historical Society Collection, Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Big Holiday Adventure: The 1787-88 Westward Trek into Ohio

By Melissa Berry on December 8, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about 48 pioneers who made the westward trek into Ohio in 1787-88 – and of the 1937 reenactors who commemorated their expedition... (Read More)

Illustration: “Breaking Up Camp at Sunrise,” by Alfred Jacob Miller, c. 1859. Credit: Walters Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Westward Expansion Map: Part of Your Family’s History?

By Sarah Stevens on January 24, 2020

How much do you know about your family's westward migration? Learn how you can trace their trails on the Westward Expansion map and uncover their stories!.. (Read More)

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