As history researchers, we are also biographers studying individual lives for many reasons. Whether our fascination with a person is born of respect or revulsion, the more we pursue our subject, the more difficult it is to be objective.| Genealogical.com
As active researchers and writers, there is often a need—or at least a temptation—to cite ourselves as an authoritative source for a particular point. Whether it is appropriate to do so depends upon the circumstances.| Genealogical.com
Modern genealogists are blessed to have billions of records easily available—in print, in some derivative format, and as images online.| Genealogical.com
Each assertion we make as history researchers must be supported by proof. However, proof is not synonymous with a source. The most reliable proof is a composite of information drawn from multiple sources that meet three criteria.| Genealogical.com
If you have been following the news of late, you know that we just marked the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution. The famous “shot heard round the world”...| Genealogical.com
For persons possessing Latin American origins, Lyman Platt’s 1996 book, Hispanic Surnames and Family History, is still the best guide to published family histories.| Genealogical.com
Between 1997 and 2024, Genealogical.com published the nine-volume series, Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, by Dr. David Dobson. We are delighted to present those books in a new, fully indexed, consolidated edition. This consolidation edition of Dr. Dobson’s nine-part series identifies over 10,000 Scottish soldiers who served in the Americas. The new comprehensive index of names[...]Read more| Genealogical.com
William Randolph McCreight’s extraordinary family history traces the O’Sullivan sept a full 31 generations from the author’s Carolina origins to the family’s Irish roots in 170 AD.| Genealogical.com
