A Family Tapestry

I've always had my doubts about Thomas. Of all the Hilscher children, Thomas the immigrant seemed out to give me grief in researching hi...

  Disappearing relatives from the meager collection of digitized or transcribed records from 1800s Prussia all become the brick walls I wond...

  When a key puzzle piece slips into place, that's when the work really begins. It's the wandering and searching beforehand that tak...

  Unraveling a family history mystery seldom takes a direct path; we may follow a wandering trail before we can even pick up the scent of a ...

When several DNA matches serve up a sign that we might be connected through an ancestor named Samolowski , I'm game to chase that clue. ...

  Who would have thought that a puny segment of DNA could connect me with a very distant cousin whose ancestor lived, coincidentally, in the...

The theory seemed sound enough: pick a DNA match linked to the ancestor I'm researching this month, then filter the cousin's test re...