How Many of Your Ancestors Appear in the SSDI?
Michael Neill at RootDig asked the question: how many of your direct ancestors appear in the Social Security Death Index? His total was seven, and Blaine Bettinger at The Genetic Genealogist has...
View ArticleHandwritten newspapers: 19th century (and older) blogs?
Part of completing a “reasonably exhaustive search” for relevant records is knowing what sources exist. As such, we as genealogists should never rest on our knowledge of resources, but instead always...
View ArticleWhen the weather is bad…
I was evacuated from the Maryland State Archives during a 5.8 earthquake on Tuesday. I had to go back to the Archives on Thursday to pick up my belongings from the locker, and then return home to...
View ArticleResearching Maryland land records online at no cost
Locating digitized records available online is one of my greatest interests. The compilation and publication of my ebook Online State Resources for Genealogy earlier this year was the product of this...
View ArticleNow available –“Library Edition” of “Online State Resources for Genealogy”
Many public libraries now offer e-books to their patrons. For self-published authors such as myself, this causes a bit of a dilemma. Do we forego the library market altogether, or risk the loss of...
View ArticleCiting the 1940 U. S. Census digital images
You might notice that I have been relatively quiet about the 1940 census release. Nearly every aspect of accessing and indexing the 1940 U. S. Census–released yesterday, 2 April 2012–has been covered...
View ArticleOnline State Resources for Genealogy e-book version 2.0 released!
I am pleased to announce that my popular ebook Online State Resources for Genealogy has been updated, and version 2.0 is now available for purchase. The Online State Resources for Genealogy ebook was...
View ArticleU. S. Census Pathfinder now available
I recently completed a free PDF e-book: U. S. Census Pathfinder. This e-book compiles available information from government and independent websites concerning the U. S. federal census. These resources...
View ArticleResources for studying historic laws
When we examine historic records, it is vital that we evaluate them in the context of the world that created them. One of the most important aspects of doing this is to understand the laws under which...
View ArticleFinding a house in the UK census
There’s little worse than looking for a family in a census and not finding them. Especially when you have other records, and you know exactly where they were living at the time. I recently experienced...
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