A Family Tapestry

  On a day such as this, people will display photographs of mothers, proudly posting them on social media. Some people might even share a th...

  When it comes to researching our ancestors, perhaps we assume that they came to live in a place where they planne d to settle. In the case...

  The heat wave continues. While a genea-friend and I met for coffee in air-conditioned comfort, of course we complained about the roasting ...

  It was almost exactly six years ago when I began sharing the story of a photograph I rescued from an antique shop up in Gold Country . Th...

  It's no secret that many of us who pursue our family history possess unlabeled photographs, despite our diligence to identify each ind...

  It seems that the Flanagan family cannot help but tempt me to keep stalking their roots. Just when I'm about to give up on learning an...

  Today might have been the day I posted about finding Will Nellis and Kathy Flanagan, the two unexplained subjects of a photograph found i...

  When sorting through family photographs bequeathed to me from prior generations, I'm grateful for those which have actually been label...

  Every smart research project begins with a research question, and hopefully evolves into a smart research goal . But that may not be the s...

  Collaboration is an important ingredient in piecing together a family's history. Think of your ancestral story like the parable of the...

  It's the day before Thanksgiving—at least, here in the United States—when so many turn their thoughts and preparations to gathering wi...

  Out of the blue last week, I got an email from a distant cousin. This was a cousin whom I only met online due to our DNA match at Ancestry...

  Today I want to share a story of a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law. For those of us who grew up in the sixties, I realize the topic ...

  Last week I mentioned traveling to Florida and, while there, getting the brainy idea to shop for antique photos. After all, I've had ...

  For a while on this blog, I took up a project to rescue abandoned photographs from antique stores and do the research to return them to de...

  There is a game I like to play. Unlike others who enjoy the challenge of table games such as bridge, or Scrabble, or even dominoes, my fav...

  A couple weeks ago, I stumbled upon an old photograph in my files, and have no idea where I got it from. As a genealogist, I must have fai...

  Have you ever written a letter to family, only to find it returning to you, years afterwards? That's what just happened to me. Yesterd...

  The winter holidays come with a call for giving. Whether Hanukkah or Christmas, there is a sense of gratefulness and a willingness to give...

  Why yes, I realize it is still a week away from Christmas, but in my case, I may get to enjoy a little Christmas this coming Saturday as w...