Dante Eubanks, blog author of Our Alabama and Georgia Ancestors has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog is a summary of 20 years of research and collaboration that the Dante has completed on the various branches of the Heath family. He has done extensive work on the…
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RootsTech Recap 2018
Thanks for visiting the RootsTech booth! Wow! What an amazing week we had at RootsTech 2018. It was so great to meet all of you who came by the booth. We’re so excited to share RootsFinder with you and help you bring your genetic family history research together with your traditional family history research…and also…
How I Solved It: Rent To Own: A Land And Tax Record Quandary
Michael Dyer, blog author from Family Sleuther, has shared this blog with us as part of our “How I Solved It” Series. Michael’s research uncovers some land records finally that help him establish where ancestors were located between 1800 & 1810. The information solves one problem for him but raises some other issues. He goes…
How I Solved It: Treasures from the Goodwill: From Pearl to Aunt Abbie and Uncle Edd
Alice Clark, blog author and president of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog tells the story of the local Goodwill received personal items that included photographs in a recent donation. These items were given to the local genealogy society…
How I Solved It: UPDATE: Anna Merriman Busby: Who’s Your Daddy?
Anne Faulkner, blog author from the website Ancestor Archaeology, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains how Anne revisited the profile of the man believed to be the father of Ann Merriman Busby. After reviewing Fold3.com and going through newly digitized records, she confirmed Ann’s…
How I Solved It: How DNA Led Me to Change My Husband’s Direct Line
Diane Gould Hall, blog author of Michigan Family Trails, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog discusses how a DNA match leads to clues about husband’s 2nd great-grandparents. Further research discovers a previous marriage which documents in her own possession actually showed but she missed a…
How I Solved It: Finding Faulkner: Part Ten | And The Heavens Opened Up
Anne Faulkner, blog author from the website Ancestor Archaeology, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains how Anne was on a mission to sort out her Faulkner ancestors that led her down many paths and resources all the way back to the 1600s.
How I Solved It: Trove Tuesday – Why You Can’t Find Someone
Shauna Hicks, blog author and owner of the website Shauna Hicks History Enterprises, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. Shauna is our first Australian researcher and her blog discusses using newspapers and looking for place names finally brought the information she was looking for. Shauna was then able…
How I Solved It: Samuel Faulkner: Hiding In Plain Sight
Anne Faulkner, blog author from the website Ancestor Archaeology, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains what it’s like to search for a particular person in a family and to find information on everyone but that person. Lots of patience and research along with a newly…
How I Solved It: Solving a Family History Mystery with an Unexpected Clue
DiAnn Iamarino Ohama, blog author from the website Family Tree Advice, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains how she found information by looking beyond known relatives and looking at their friends and neighbors for information on her family.