(FindMyPast – June 5, 2016) At some point every genealogist encounters this discouraging reality. And if you haven’t heard yet, we might as well just tell you – The 1890 census is gone. Long gone. Almost all of the records were lost in a fire in 1921 – at the […]

(Genealogy In Time Magazine – June 12, 2016) To get the most out of any Google search for your ancestors, it is necessary to understand how Google works. An important consideration is to realize that Google runs different search engines in different parts of the world. For example, Google.com is […]

(FamilySearch – May 30, 2016) In conjunction with Memorial Day, FamilySearch.org announced today significant updates to its free Civil War historic record collections online. The new FamilySearch.org/civil-war landing page provides a quick overview of the vast array of historic records and aids for those researching casualties and veterans of the […]