Sources of Living Relatives
We can make real progress if we reach out to actual people who share our ancestry. But who are they? Where are they? Passey illustrates that by “researching on location” we may be able to find them.| Genealogical.com
You don’t need to get a law degree to be a genealogist; however, some of the words and phrases used to describe or assess sources can get technical. For example, do you know the difference between a proof argument and a proof statement? How about indirect evidence versus indirect source? And what about negative argument, […] The post ‘Stripped Bare Guide’ Clarifies Terms Used to Distinguish Sources appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
Elizabeth Shown Mills latest book, Your Stripped Bare Guide to Citing and Using History Sources fulfills two goals: On the one hand, it replaces Ms. Mills first book on documentation, the 1997 guide to source evaluation and citation, Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian, as a simple, portable text. On the other hand, […] The post ‘Stripped Bare Guide to Citing and Using History Sources’ Achieves Two Objectives appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
The British Army did not enlist Irish Catholics during much of the eighteenth century as they were considered likely to be unreliable when they faced the forces of Catholic countries such as France and Spain, which contained many of their countrymen. However, Irish settlers, including those exiled to British colonies, were recruited into local militias, […] The post Irish Soldiers in Colonial America (ca. 1650-1825), Part Two appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
We can make real progress if we reach out to actual people who share our ancestry. But who are they? Where are they? Passey illustrates that by “researching on location” we may be able to find them.| 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
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Chapter 13 in 'The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy', Fourth Edition, by Val D. Greenwood, provides an excellent overview on the availability and use of vital records in genealogy research.| Genealogical.com
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For today’s family historians, records abound. In courthouses and warehouses, town halls and rectories, archives and attics, we find old records in every form imaginable. Technology also delivers documents and relics through many digital formats. Audio files, podcasts, and YouTube stream insight into past lives. Libraries offer film and fiche, reprints, and revisions, translations and[...]Read more| Genealogical.com
Virginia’s Northern Neck is comprised of the present-day counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland. (The oldest records for Richmond County date from its origin as part of Old Rappahannock County.) We have already devoted several issues of “Genealogy Pointers” to descriptions of Dr. Robert K. Headley, Jr.’s magnum opus, Northern Neck of Virginia Pioneers, […] The post Principal Families from ‘Northern Neck of Virginia Pioneers, 1642-1675. In Six Volumes...| Genealogical.com
The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the U.S.A. has produced a number of volumes that describe the authorized descendancies of its members. Genealogical.com publishes the first three volumes in this series. In the Preface to Volume I, compiled in 1941 by Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, the author names the royal personalities through […] The post Who Descends from Charlemagne? appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
Imagine having access to the electronic equivalent of a $40,000 library of outstanding genealogy reference books! Now, with our enhanced search features, you will have unmatched access.| Genealogical.com
“Inside the book, there is an entirely new Chapter 3. This chapter simplifies the citation writing process by introducing 14 new templates employing seven essential elements..."| Genealogical.com
Judy Jacobson’s masterwork, History for Genealogists: Using Chronological TimeLines to Find and Understand Your Ancestors is crammed with potential clues for family historians. In fact, the book’s subtitle says it all: (1) Historical events can tip off researchers as to the whereabouts and reason why a forebear shows up somewhere, and (2) The same information […] The post ‘History for Genealogists’ Features Collection of State Timelines appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
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
The Best Books in Genealogy & Family History 65 years of publishing excellence| Genealogical.com
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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
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A number of our authors have had distinguished careers in business, government, academia, and non-profit organizations; and their avocations, besides genealogy, have been wide-ranging.| 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
The relationship formats that have stood the test of time are the pedigree chart and the family group sheet. Each one has its own benefits.| 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
