A Family Tapestry

  At a local genealogical society meeting yesterday, I was talking with a fellow member about a research problem she was tackling. Apparentl...

  It is sheer serendipity when someone who takes a DNA test happens to match up with a family line which has had our own research work stall...

  Do you get that eerie feeling when, shortly after having a conversation on a specific topic, your social media feed serves up exactly what...

  Is there anyone out there besides genealogists who find themselves writing letters to family members they've never met? Last week, I r...

  It was one lone segment on chromosome two—a tiny one, even, with only twenty six centiMorgans—which tied my husband with a descendant of P...

  What are the chances that the information we discovered in Massachusetts on brothers Timothy and Patrick Cullinane can lead us back to th...

  It is always helpful, in sorting out potential documentation to confirm we're on the right track in tracing our ancestors, to follow t...