October 27, 2008

Tips from the Pros: They Went Home

One good rule of thumb when an ancestor "disappears" at an older age is to look and see if they are living near any children who might have moved a distance away from the family home. One of my ancestors "disappeared" after her husband died in Indiana in 1861. The end result was that she moved further west, into Iowa to live with one of her children. As a matter of course, I always check near all the adult children of an ancestor to see if Grandma or Grandpa went to live with them as they got older.

But once in a while you’ll find one who moves back to where they used to live, even if they have no family left there.

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October 20, 2008

Politician's Family Trees: What's in Them For Me?

Seems like every other day someone is making a discovery in some politician's family tree. Why can't we have the same luck? Juliana shares some ideas to help you get past your brick walls.

October 8, 2008

I Found My Welsh Great-Grandfather!

Occasionally I like to highlight some of the really great collections on Ancestry that go unnoticed. Today is one of those days. If you’re not familiar with them already, I want to introduce you to the FreeBMD collections—indexes to English and Welsh birth, marriage, and death records kept between 1837 and 1983.

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