Talking to Relatives: The Family History Interview
Your relatives may just have the family history answers you can’t get anywhere else. The next time you’re interviewing a relative, try these ten tips for digging up great family stories.
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Oct 23, 2022 | Genealogy Basics | 0
Your relatives may just have the family history answers you can’t get anywhere else. The next time you’re interviewing a relative, try these ten tips for digging up great family stories.
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | May 12, 2022 | Research Planning, Social History, U.S. Genealogy | 0
Works Progress Administration surveyors inspect records storage conditions in Massachusetts, 1936. Courtesy of the National Archives, Records of the Work Projects Administration, RG 69.
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Apr 1, 2022 | Census Records | 0
Learn how to research individuals in the 1950 census, including what questions were asked of U.S. residents and where and how to access the records.
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Mar 30, 2022 | Census Records, History and Laws | 0
A census enumeration district (ED) is a defined geographic area representing a specific portion of...
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Jan 8, 2022 | Death Records | 0
Coroner inquest record of Mary Zema, Pitt County, North Carolina. When someone dies in a violent,...
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Jan 4, 2022 | Census Records | 0
We all have ancestors we would swear were somehow skipped or overlooked by the census taker....
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Jan 3, 2022 | Land Records, Online Records, U.S. Genealogy | 0
Explore online collections offering free access to digitized copies of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for select states, cities, and towns.
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Sep 15, 2021 | Census Records, Featured | 0
Learn how to make use of the tick marks in pre-1850 US census records to reveal valuable information about your ancestors.
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Aug 11, 2021 | Online Records, U.S. Genealogy | 0
Research and explore your Missouri genealogy online with these online Missouri databases, indexes, and digitized record collections focused on Missouri and family history – many of them free!
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Apr 13, 2021 | Land Records, U.S. Genealogy | 0
Federal tract books serve as a master index to sales, leases, homesteads, and other transactions related to the disposition of the majority of surveyed public land in the 30 U.S. public land states. Learn how to use tract books to locate information on your ancestors or the original ownership of a particular parcel!
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Jan 5, 2021 | Census Records | 0
Census Day: 1 April 1930; 1 October 1929 in AlaskaTime to Complete: One monthU.S....
Read Moreby Kimberly Powell | Jan 3, 2021 | History and Laws, Immigration, U.S. Genealogy | 0
From the Naturalization Act of 1790 through the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, a large...
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