Property records can tell you a lot about your family’s past. Real estate leaves a paper trail. Deeds, wills, deeds of trust, property transfer agreements, mortgages, homestead records,
Family lineage is one of the most interesting topics for anyone to discuss because it is unique to each family. Finding everything from royalty to heroes in family
For those of you that are experienced genealogists and have so far weathered the storms of years of research through dusty archives, old Bibles, sweet ancient relatives with
When looking over the SS-5 forms you ordered from the Social Security Administration, check out the instructions your ancestors were given when they filled out the form. Also,
Most people search for obituaries and death notices but never think to look in the social columns. Many of the older newspapers, pre-1940 in particular, carried in their
As genealogical researchers, we are awash in data. Our computer hard drives and 3.5″ disks are full of data. The Internet is full of data. Our file cabinets
