Below is a picture of a wishbone from a turkey. A turkey my grandmother baked for her parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1962 I think I...

I wrote about the neighborhood my second great-grandfather Selig Feinstein lived in, which was known by several colorful names due to a rep...

When researching the neighborhoods your ancestors lived in, it's important to know all the names the area was known by. Sometimes there ...

Recently I learned about a new free archive website - Community History Archives From their website: The archives are across the United Stat...

Over the weekend St. Louis County Library shared a link to their Digital Archives  on social media. It's been around since March, but I ...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.  After a long hiatus, I continue m...

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

Timelines can be a great tool. They can illustrate what records have been obtained, and what might be missing. Gaps of knowledge can sometim...

I haven't posted in awhile, but there are several entries in my drafts folder, which I will finish editing.. Recently I went in search f...

I've written a few times about my Van Every ancestors ties to slavery. The Labors of Hercules Myndert Frederickse and Hercules The Labor...

 April 23-29 is National Library Week in the United States In 2010 , 2012 ,  2015 , and 2019  I looked at the value of my St. Louis County L...

 Robert Lee Gober (1895-1971) and Mabel Ada (Fulkerson) Gober (1901-1991) were my wife's great grandparents. The photograph below was ta...

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

A search on a local genealogy society website uncovered a burial record for an infant in 1908. No given name, so I knew the child, if not st...

The information presented by Ancestry.com for the U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index is different depending upon whether you...

When my great grandfather, Barney, in July of 1907 crossed the Canadian border into the US, the Border Crossings document indicates the foll...

It’s been awhile since I participated in Tombstone Tuesday. I think I’ve shared all the images I have of ancestral tombstones, but I do have...

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

Back in 2010, when transcribing an interview my grandmother gave back in 1987, I heard her mention that her mother and grandfather spent som...

I have written before about keeping track of what calendar is being used with my Eastern European ancestors, since some territory went back ...