I spent the last week in Salt Lake City at the FamilySearch Library. It was a good trip with great people and several very interesting finds, lots of documented negative search results (sometimes those are the best ones), and confirmation that some of my previous finds were on the right …
If you’re interested in genealogy you know that feeling when you are dying to share a great find but you have not found anyone who shares the interest. Maybe you belong to a genealogical organization that see a lag in membership among the young or flailing new membership. How do …
New York City native Dr. James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was a noted black activist, abolitionist and the first black physician to hold a medical degree in the United States. While Smith was active in his community, he was also making smart real estate deals. For example, he purchased in 1865 …
The U.S. census takes place every ten years. Finding an ancestor and their activities between those years can be challenging. Correspondence—even if it was never sent—can provide clues. My grandfather was Harold Paulson, a Swedish immigrant. In 1909 he wrote a postcard to N. Paulson in Sweden—it was never sent …
May 1st sounds like it was a nightmare in New York City! I’m glad my ancestors lived in lightly populated county areas. The one thing genealogists should remember about this Moving Day craziness it that it effects the evidence genealogists use to search family histories, namely city directories. For instance, …
