One of the reasons that I fell headlong into the genealogy obsession is that at its root, it feeds a larger obsession of mine - research.  W...

Marian at Roots and Rambles has an intriguing post. It appears Ancestry.com has changed its Terms of Service. From the comments to the po...

This post is to announce that the blogger ... ( b'lil ayin hara ) .. is now a married man. Naturally, there are no photos to share yet...

The St. Louis Public Library has an online exhibit concerning the 1904 World's Fair (aka The Louisiana Purchase Exposition)  In this ...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...

Happy 126th Birthday    to my great grandfather   Barney Newmark (He was born in Warka, Poland, but often claimed to have been born in...

Blogger Bill West at West in New England  asks how other genealogists would go about creating a time capsule  to be opened in 100 years. ...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...

The 1940 Census is due to be released on April 2nd, 2012. Several other geneabloggers have been discussing their plans for research upon i...

Updated from a post back in 2007. My maternal grandfather would have been 105 years old today. On February 28, 1907, my grandfather was b...

The Graveyard Rabbit  has resurrected the Graveyard Rabbits Carnival . I missed the call for submission of entries, but there were severa...

Five names from various census databases related to a particular theme Allen Wrench - 1930 Census - Quitman, MS - Age 26 Allen Key - 1900...

To A Lady by Victor Hugo, From Les Feuilles D'Automne Child, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule,      My chariot, scep...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...

It's been a few weeks since I had a "Week in Review." Below are some highlights from news stories and blog posts I have ...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...

It's been awhile since I had a "Friday Five" post. I'm sure those of you who enjoy this game  have hungered for a follow-...

This was first posted on Feb 2, 2010 One day, in the course of that winter, the sun had come out for a while in the afternoon, but it was ...

Source: Henk Kosters More information on Old Everinge, New Everinge, and the Van Every surname.