A Family Tapestry

  It is an eerie feeling, discovering an ancestor's sibling when none used to be there before. I sometimes feel like I've been resea...

  Collateral lines are the key to figuring out that multitude of DNA matches, but what happens after discovering a previously-unknown additi...

  It's a new month, and hopefully a time to view an old research problem with fresh eyes. This month's focus regarding my Twelve Mos...

  It's the last day of the month, and what can I say now? I was hoping for a photo finish, pulling up the probate records for my mother-...

  As this month draws to a close, it's time to wrap up all that can be found on the ancestry of William Ijams, fourth great-grandfather ...

  Discovering a new twist in the family faith—in this case, the Quakers—was so unexpected to me that I had to dig further to learn about thi...

  When we find a specific detail about an ancestor's life, of course we first want to locate a document to verify the assertion. Last we...