A Family Tapestry

  Determining the family relationship among various people claiming the same surname can be only a little less challenging when talking abou...

  When two men of the same name are mentioned in the same legal document, it is tempting to assume one is the son of the other. When the jur...

  Charles McClellan's 1839 will may not have named every single one of his surviving children, but we can rest assured there are other ...

  How do you trace the story of your family's history when the first step to be taken is at the end of a life which began in the late 17...

  There may be, among some people, a certain pride in being able to claim that their family tree contains the names of multiple thousands o...

  The plan for March: dive energetically into the pursuit of my fourth great-grandfather, Charles McClellan, discovering all I can about his...

  It's a new month, and time to switch research gears and step into the challenge of a different type of research goal. While most famil...