Family Tree

Not Even Their Own Names

Women’s place in genealogy

Rounding Up Some Strays

Random Dobson photos from Redcar, Yorkshire, England

By Any Other Name

Deciphering a Possible Link Between Families

Bring It Forward

What’s next when you’ve “run out” of ancestors?

Breaking Through, Brick by Brick

Getting through a genealogical brick wall

In Search of My Irish Roots

Tracing the hard to trace

By George! I Think I’ve Got Him!

Breaking through a brick wall

We all have our share of genealogical brick walls, those ancestors who frustrate our every effort to learn more about their origins. Some we learn to live with — or at least that’s what we tell…

I See Leaves of Green 

Enhancing Your Family Research

Don’t Get Tangled in the Branches

Using census records in your family research

Paying Tribute to the Past

Uncovering True Stories