Most public and academic libraries in the United States offer a great service, often overlooked by genealogists, called Interlibrary Loan (ILL). This service allows a local library to borrow a ... Read More

What family historian wouldn't love to possess their great, great grandfather's original will or a centuries old family Bible? Such items are treasures for anyone with a love of history. ... Read More

It's so easy, since I live in America, to write about U.S. resources. With a worldwide audience and worldwide interests, however, I'd like to make a concerted effort to include ... Read More

An article in last week's New York Times discusses the growing trend of entrepreneurs who make a living capturing the stories and memories of older generations, such as this excerpt ... Read More

When I played tag as a child, I always hated being IT, scared I guess that I would never be able to tag anyone and would be "it" forever.... Or, ... Read More

The Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office records are a great online resource for U.S. genealogists researching ancestors in the federal or public land states. As far as online ... Read More

Illya D'Addezio of Genealogy Today and Family Tree Connection wrote to tell me about the launch of yet another Web site today -- a metasearch genealogy site called Live Roots. ... Read More

The long-running Everton's Genealogical Helper magazine launched with a less expensive online version earlier this year. However, hosting on the World Vital Records' servers was causing confusion and access difficulties ... Read More

It comes up in the school setting quite a bit, but even adult adoptees face questions when tracing their family tree and displaying the results. Do I trace my genetic ... Read More

Yesterday was the deadline for voters in my area to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, which immediately brought to mind several of the recent finds I've ... Read More

A box of shiny new books arrived on my doorstep yesterday, a reminder that my latest book, The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy, is now available in bookstores. Instead of ... Read More

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has been available on CD-ROM from Cambridge University Press since 1999, but many researchers have either never heard of it or seen it due to ... Read More

October is designated in many U.S. States as "Family History Month," and genealogists everywhere have adopted the month as their own. Whether you're new to genealogy, or have devoted a ... Read More