Double Dating Like a Genealogist You could ask someone out on a date and bring another couple to a program at the Midwest Gen Read More
“Janey Mack!” New Online Irish Records If you are like most of us who do genealogy, you get pretty excited (hence the Irish exclama Read More
My Ancestor Died of What?! “What was the ‘white plague’?” you may wonder to yourself while looking at an ancestor’s dea Read More
Dead Letter July 1 is the anniversary of many postal service “firsts”—first postage stamp, first printed Read More
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh, My! Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh, My! Don’t worry, it’s nothing to be afraid of. Read More
Do You Celebrate Your Name Day? Recently, someone showed me an old German postcard that gave best wishes for the recipient’s “name day.” A que Read More
The Good Old Days Hearing Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance” again brings back the memory of caps and gowns and the walk down the a Read More
Up a Tree? Have you always heard that you have Native American ancestors in your family tree? Read More
Hidden Away When researching your family history, have you ever come across someone who seems to disappear? Read More
