As recently as the 20th century in the United States and elsewhere, the death of a father meant that his children were orphans, no matter if the mother survived him or not.
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From relocations to relationships, deeds have the dirt on your family. Discover how to use property records to solve 10 genealogy roadblocks!
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How often do we stop to think about who is behind the camera on those old, vintage photos we have collected from our ancestors?
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Billions of ancestors in family trees online have had Genealogists give them names. But, what now? What do you do with all this new information once it's been uncovered? If you don't take the right steps you could be chasing the wrong ancestors, or miss clues all together... leading to a giant brick-wall.
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16 Ways you can leave behind your family’s legacy.
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5 Clues You May Have Native American Ancestry
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Kel Amstutz, Professional Genealogist, native to Toledo, Ohio, who loves figuring out how everyone in a family tree fits together in the jig-saw puzzle of life.
She began her genealogy journey at a young age, always questioning where her family came from because she always felt like she looked a little different from those around her.
The rabbit hole started by researching her Grandfather's family tree and took her down a path of wanting to learn more about all line of her family and eventually trickling down to her husband's family - finding a delightful mixture of eastern and western European ancestry.
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Finding out your family lineage is a matter of the heart, but what you uncover can redefine history, for you, your family, and how you look at things going forward.
When we learn about our ancestors, we essentially are learning about ourselves through their paths. We go back to the times before because it’s wildly unfamiliar and return, again and again because it becomes a passion to see what we can uncover.
Genealogy can give us a look back into that restless town where our ancestors once settled, baking foods we might still be familiar with, rearing children with little to nothing, commuting to the store or the glass factory by means that are almost extinct today.
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