Practical advice for genealogical researchers, covering methodology, source evaluation, and best practices for building a well-documented case.
The house is gone. Not just torn down — its address has vanished entirely, swallowed up by decades of Los Angeles urban development. Finding out more about the house was important to telling the stories of the people who lived there. I first told the story of this Wade Street …
Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Future: Have a Plan for Bequeathing Your Research, originally published 2 April 2020, TennesseePryors.com. This evergreen advice for managing your own archive’s transition to a new repository holds true with just a little refreshing. The preferable action is to donate your records now …
Museums, archives, and historical societies don’t magically fill with documents and artifacts — they rely on people like you and me to bring them in. I recently donated photographs to the Boone County Historical Society in Indiana. This was not my first donation to an archive, and I’ve learned a …
It’s surprising. When we let go in genealogical research we can get past research and writing hurdles. What can we let go? Today I’m digging in deep to write about my own family who migrated between two neighborhoods. The writing kept getting stalled because of these 5 points. I’ve let …
Are you interested in writing about your family? The current issue of the Tennessee Genealogical Society’s Ansearchin’ News is all about writing family histories. I was one of three writers interviewed about our interest in genealogy and the paths we’ve taken in pursuing genealogical writing (It’s striking how much we …
