New Article: Williams Family in Southern Illinois
When you know where your ancestors should be but you can't find them in the records--where do they go? What...
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Remember When There Used to Be Shoe Repair Shops?
Repairing shoes is a great inflation beating tactic. It's what our parents and grandparents did and it satisfies the Gen...
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Eric Sloane Museum Visit
Surveyor's ChainVanessa Wood, "Surveyor's Chain," photograph, 2022, Eric Sloane Museum. It was time for a fieldtrip to the Eric Sloane...
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Paying Our Respects at Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave
What's a trip to the Maryland State Archives without a side trip to Baltimore. We went to the Westminster Hall...
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Joseph Grammer and The Battle of White Plains, New York-July 1781
I took a field trip to White Plains, New York to access probate files from the Westchester County Surrogate's Court....
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1788: Enslaved People Brought to Kentucky from Maryland
I recently saw a deed that may be of interest to researchers of the Hobbs family or African American families...
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NYC Star Theatre- Where Grandpa Saw Vaudeville
Star Theatre Wikimedia Commons (https://en.wikimedia.org), "Star Theatre (formerly Wallack's Theatre), 844 Broadway, New York City in 1900 (demolished).jpg," rev. 6:14,...
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The Rat Ate The Archives Or What Keeps Genealogists Up At Night
Old records are no match to vermin. Apparently the English government let their records sit in dank basements for years...
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An Error in the Record: New Article Published in Ansearchin’ News
An error in a court house record could be a bit of spilled ink or a misspelled name. What happens...
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The Lily of the Valley
On one of my recent cemetery adventures I spotted a symbol I haven't seen on too many markers.Photograph of the...
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Passing: Myra Vanderpool Gormley
When I opened up the April 2021 issue of The NYG&B Record (152:160) I saw Myra Vanderpool Gormley has passed...
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Article Published in Ansearchin’ News: Which John Pryor in 1817?
Darn it, why is everyone named John Pryor? It's common to run into a family where they lacked creativity when...
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Los Angeles County Social Workers in 1961
County of Los Angeles Bureau of Public Assistance, Belvedere Dist Professional Staff August 17, 1961#lacounty #socialworkers. Photograph in the collection...
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Sam Houston in Wilson County, TN
During a research for Wilson County, TN records on the Family Search website. I stumbled upon a news clipping for...
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Paul Revere: There’s More to the Story Than a Midnight Ride
It's been almost 250 years since Paul Revere's ride and that is the most enduring image we have of Revere...
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Old Rural Route Horse And Wagon Mail Delivery
I have a feeling I'm not the only one in my family who liked ephemera (fancy scraps of paper). Someone...
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Knitting History: Mademoiselle Branchardiere Author of Victorian Knitting Books
One thing I love as much as chasing history: knitting. I'm what they refer to in pattern instructions as an...
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Napoleon Bonaparte’s Family in America
There's something really quirky and enjoyable about finding someone I didn't expect to find on an old record. It's hard...
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Noah Webster and the Tornado
I'm still amazed by all the tree damage done to Connecticut by the "storm" on May 15th. I think the...
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