A Family Tapestry

  It's been a long two weeks—but don't think that means I conquered a lot of family history territory. In fact, I've traveled to...

  It was a sure bet—I thought—that Irish immigrant Catholic families of the 1880s in Chicago would have been sure to have their newborn babi...

  It may be hard enough to actually locate the digitized record set needed to find that elusive ancestor, but once that collection is found,...

  If it weren't for the help of others in the genealogy world, how many chances would we have missed to find the details we're seeki...

  When you don't have every detail documented for a brick wall ancestor, there is only one thing to do: retrace your steps and check for...

  One of the best ways to work around ancestral brick walls is to examine the family's collateral lines. Those descendants of aunts and ...

  No matter how stuck we might be with a research brick wall, there is always wiggle room for further exploration. Before we turn to the col...