As a family, we’ve been building our trees, researching family lines, and telling stories together for 60 years and counting.
We’ve experienced the highs of finding a long-lost clue and the lows of years spent running into dead ends. Needless to say, we’ve learned a lot and we’d love to share the knowledge!
Looking for guidance for uncovering and recording your own family history? Read on as we share our research tips and genealogy advice.
So, your great-great-grandmother’s date of birth is recorded as 1875 on her tombstone, 1873 on the 1900 census, and 1872 on the 1910 census. What? Why so many differences? Which…
A couple of years ago my mom bought me a 23andMe DNA kit for the sake of ancestry. I had already done the Ancestry.com test, but 23andMe had some different…
My grandmother’s maiden name was Sidney Roghers. Now... I’ve seen the last names Rogers and Rodgers, but only my relatives spelled it Roghers. I always wondered why it was so…
Last night my mother-in-law, Helen, left me a funny voicemail. A distant relative had reached out to her about a bunch of old pictures of the family. He felt he…
Some stories that our parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents tell are spot on. They fall in place nicely with the facts and records from our family trees. Yeah. Some stories do.…
Merry Christmas and happy holidays! For many of us, the holidays and special occasions our families celebrate together are golden for uncovering new stories and reminiscing on the old ones.…
When I first started digging into old records and research it was... overwhelming. There were so many names, so many dates, and so many different ways to handwrite the letter…
My latest genealogy project has been tracking down my mother-in-law’s ancestors on her mother’s side. When I asked her where they were from, she said that her grandfather, Wilhelm Franz…
Family stories are entertaining and often fascinating! Besides adding color to your family tree, stories sometimes contain leads that can help you find more information about your ancestors. As Great…
People love to tell stories, and the older we get the more wild anecdotes we have to tell! It's fun to sit back and listen. But, have you ever considered recording…