Category Archive: Research – Genealogical Sources
Apr 09
Civil War Records at Ancestry
Behind the famous generals and battles of the Civil War are the everyday soldiers who played a role in this significant chapter of American history. Their stories – and your own family’s Civil War story – live on in the enlistment records and muster rolls, correspondence, pension applications and more we’ve just added to …
Mar 17
Georgia Archives threatened by House Budget
The following article was recently posted on the Friends of Georgia Archives & History website http://www.fogah.org/ The Archives is already only open 3 days a week to the public. This bill in its current form would force it to close completely to the public. Please contact Georgia state senators asap about this! Remember that snail mail and …
Mar 06
Surname Variations
FamilySearch has wonderful indexes and images that help many of us enhance our family history. I’ve seen a lot of interesting surname variations in my day. None-the-less I was a bit surprised at some I found via FamilySearch when searching birth records of Cook County, Illinois. My goal was to find birth record images for …
Jan 24
Military Monday: World War I Draft Cards
World War I draft registration cards are a valuable resource and many have used the microfilm copies that are on Ancestry.com. But have you held the “real thing” in your hand, the one your ancestor actually held in his hand (that is if he could write) when he signed his name? Have you seen the …
Dec 29
New Atlas for Coastal Georgia
Any historical or family genealogist with ties to East and Costal Georgia will be happy to learn that Paul K. Graham has very recently published his Atlas of East and Coastal Georgia: Watercourses and Militia Districts published by The Genealogy Company, Decatur, Georgia. The book contains maps for 50 of Georgia Counties of east and …
Dec 19
My How You’ve Changed!
Goodness, how things can change on the Internet, seemingly just overnight. Recently two of my most frequently used websites have had face-lifts. FamilySearch (familysearch.com) and the National Archives (archives.gov). Surely the changes are for the best, but I sometimes resent having to make the time to learn the new functionality, change bookmarks, and just find …
Nov 27
Genealogical Treasures At Home
I dare to say that most family historians frequently overlook genealogical clues that are hiding in our homes? Thank goodness for clues that Charlie’s ancestors left behind in their autograph books. The Geiger family is fortunate to have not one, but two autograph books with entries dated as early as 1881. I dare say that …
Nov 11
Newspaper Clippings
Don’t you just hate it when you find newspaper clippings that contain no documentation, e.g., no date and the paper is not named. My family is notorious for clipping and snipping, but not telling. Clues for approximate dates (at least a year or range of years) sometimes can be found. The accompanying clipping describes a …
