A Family Tapestry

  With each new month comes a new research goal. As we move into April, though, not only is it time to introduce a new ancestor from my Twel...

  If for you, as for me, today is a day of reflection, I invite you to take a bold if momentary hiatus from the tyranny of the daily schedul...

  While we're still in the matrilineal neighborhood—that is, that point of discussion more akin to an ancestor's "F.A.N. Club...

  Well, it might not seem as impressive as going from zero to sixty in less than five , but I did make it from third to eighth (great-grandm...

  Finding a maiden name for an umpteenth great-grandmother can be challenging, especially if her given name was Mary. All I really knew abou...

  This quest for who comes next in the lineup of mother's mother's mothers is becoming addictive—especially now that search innovati...

  If it were not for court records, mainly involving those last wills and testaments of our colonial ancestors, I'd be hard pressed to m...