I’ve written before about a conundrum between records uncovered and family lore in my Blatyta/Blatt line. I’ve uncovered a possible explana...

I am writing a series of posts where I provide information about the towns where my ancestors lived. Geography is an essential part of genea...

The marriage document I shared last week was written in Old Russian. I received the below information from a translator: Międzyrzec [Podl...

I've written several times about converting calendar dates from Julian to Gregorian, and how part of Poland switched from Gregorian to J...

Violence is never the answer to anything.  - millions of people The June Rebellion, also known as the Paris Uprising of 1832, was a failu...

In order to properly record a date from a document, you might need to know some geographical history. My paternal immigrant ancestors came...

The Midnight Ride of William Dawes  - by Helen F Moore (1896) I am a wandering, bitter shade, Never of me was a hero made; Poets have ne...

The Midnight Ride of William Dawes  - by Helen F Moore (1896) I am a wandering, bitter shade, Never of me was a hero made; Poets have n...

The Midnight Ride of William Dawes - by Helen F Moore (1896) I am a wandering, bitter shade, Never of me was a hero made; Poets have ne...

My third and final entry for the Great American Local Poem Genealogy Challenge The challenge is to: Find a poem by a local poet, famous or o...

Week 15. List some vital signs. Talk about specific birth, marriage and death certificates. Topics may include misspelled names, fudged dat...

Back on March 17th I joked about my great-grandfather Barney growing up in a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, known as Warsaw. A few minutes ago s...