Researching the Past

There’s a whole community out there waiting to help you and to revel in your discoveries

A common and often unrealized genealogical spider web

Capturing the rise and fall of ancestors in snapshots

Genealogical research used to require treks to libraries or archives, mailed checks to vital records offices, and travel to family…

Genetic genealogy and anecdotal connections

Utilizing the search engine to find resources

Some of the Lineage Research questions this month

A short list of helpful links and leads

Tips and examples from my own research

Despite its limitations, the OpenAI bot could be a helpful research assistant

One of my grandparents was a first-generation American. His parents were German, at least in culture. They had been born in Russia but…