Genealogy News

An Unexpected DNA Result

August 16, 2019 Like many genealogists nowadays, I’ve taken DNA tests at various companies such as My Heritage, Ancestry, Family Tree DNA and Living DNA. I admit I haven’t gotten terribly serious …

An Unexpected DNA Match

August 9, 2019 Like many genealogists nowadays, I’ve taken DNA tests at various companies such as My Heritage, Ancestry, Family Tree DNA and Living DNA. I admit I haven’t gotten terribly serious a…

Last Chance for Early Bird Registration for C4aC

July 29, 2019 Early bird registration for LCGS’ fifth annual Conference for a Cause ends later this week on July 31. That means if you want to take advantage of the $50 price, you’ll need to go to…

July 26, 2019 Recently, while I was volunteering as a genealogy helper, I found what I thought was a good record for the ancestor the client was looking for. Dates and places seemed to be exactly what…

Citizenship for Children

July 19, 2019 Most Americans probably don’t think about citizenship much. After all, they were born in the United States, and most likely their parents were too. However, when doing genealogical res…

Finding Naturalization Records

July 12, 2019 One of the records that many genealogists particularly want to find is their immigrant ancestors’ naturalization records. For many of us, it’s a thrill to actually see the records th…

Women’s Citizenship Status Before 1922

July 5, 2019 Most genealogists are aware that, until the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920, women in the United States could not vote. Fewer may realize that until 1922, the vast majority of immig…

Writing Letters and Making Phone Calls

June 28, 2019 Way back when I began working on my family history, the internet was barely a presence. If I wanted to do some research, it meant a trip to the NARA-Rocky Mountain Region in Lakewood or …

Collaboration Can Help Break Brick Walls

21 Jun 2019 This week I visited Laramie, Wyoming and spoke to the local genealogy society, Albany County Genealogical Society. My presentation was called “Smith, Anderson and Jones” and gave hints…

LCGS Conference for a Cause Update

June 15, 2019 Registration for this year’s LCGS Conference for a Cause is well underway, and if you haven’t registered yet, now is a good time to do that. Just access registration information at t…

Attending Genealogy Jamboree

07 June 2019 Last weekend was the 50th Anniversary of the Southern California Genealogical Society’s Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California. I was lucky enough to attend the four-day extravaganza…

Never Say Never

May 29, 2019 I don’t know about other researchers, but for me, it seems when I hit a certain period about 1800 (at least in U.S. research), I tend to run out of records. Much as I search, some of th…

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