November 15, 2019 Many years ago when I was a baby genealogist, I ran across the terms administrator and executor. I had no idea what they meant but was aware that they had something to do with wills and estates. As my genealogy education progressed, I learned that administrators and executors are the people appointed …
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Looking for Long Generations
November 8, 2019 A few weeks ago when Judy Russell was in town for our C4aC, she mentioned that she loves “long generations.” That started me thinking about exactly what constitutes a “long” generation. Generation length varies across time and between different families, but genealogists often use a rough number of between 25 to 30 …
Finding Marriage Records
November 1, 2019 Marriage records are the bedrocks of genealogical research; they provide information on the founding of a new family and are often one of the only ways to discover a woman’s maiden name and thus enable research further back on that female line. Because of their importance, marriage records, which include both license …