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Cemeteries might creep out “normal” people. Tombstones can’t help but remind you of your own mortality, or you might remember being among them only during forlorn funerals or haunted hayrides. But genealogists are not normal people. As family histori

My favorite is always the last one where I found the graves I was looking for! It doesn’t always happen. Linda Eccles via Facebook MY HOME TOWN CEMETERY in White Sulphur Springs, Mont. I have so many dear family members there and, even as a child, I

In April, the federal government announced it was halting plans to close the Seattle branch of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The original proposal, approved in January 2020, would have sold the land held by the archive and

Though author Jill (J.M.) Phillips lives in Canada today, she started life on Lamlash Street in south-east London. And on Lamlash Street in 1963, Cockney families had “more life and character than money,” living among condemned buildings bombed durin

In addition to the three juggernauts we’ve discussed in this article, you might also consider researching the following two cemetery websites focused on military burials. Look here for information on more than 200,000

Another factor to consider when developing your citation template: where you’ll be including citations, be it in research logs, online family trees, narrative histories, books or even on paper copies of records themselves. The length and format will

AT THE HEART OF AMERICA’S HEARTLAND, Kansas has played a pivotal role in shaping America’s migration routes, the battle over slavery, and the cultivating of the nation’s breadbasket. For those fortunate enough to have Kansas ancestors, a treasure tro

Spaniard Francisco Vázquez de Coronado visits Kansas during his search for the Seven Cities of Gold Spain acquires France’s land west of the Mississippi River; it cedes the land to France again in 1800 Modern Kansas becomes part of the United States

Cyndi’s List: Kansas FamilySearch Research Wiki: Kansas www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Kansas,_United_States_Genealogy Kansapedia The Kansas Collection Kansas Memory www.kansasmemor

The French Fort Maurepas (“Old Biloxi”) is founded France cedes its land east of the Mississippi River to Britain The United States takes control of Britain’s land east of the Mississippi; southern Mississippi stays part of West Florida, now owned by

Cyndi’s List: Mississippi www.cyndislist.com/us/ms FamilySearch Research Wiki: Mississippi www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Mississippi,_United_States_Genealogy Mississippi Digital Library www.msdiglib.org Mississippi GenWeb www.msgw.org/index2.html Miss

In January 1921, a fire consumed the Commerce Building in Washington, DC. Fire, smoke and water damage destroyed a substantial portion of 1890 census returns, leading to an almost total loss of the record set. Of the nearly 63 million people recorded

David A. Fryxell discussed other useful Mexican genealogy records in an article for the May/June 2015 issue of Family Tree Magazine. Here are just a few: Civil records: The Mexican government began keeping civil registers (registros civiles) of birth

Q I How can password-protect my family-tree website so it’s only viewable to family? A The answer, in part, depends on how you plan to set up your website. If you use the popular (and free) WordPress platform , for example, there i

aliquot parts In a rectangular survey system, a subdivision of a section of land using directions and fractions to indicate the land’s location: W½ SE¼ represents the west half of the southeast quarter of a township. acre Unit of land measurement equ

150 Ptolemy defines the system of projections and coordinates still used in cartography today. 1569 Gerardus Mercator publishes his world map, using a method later deemed the Mercator projection. This map was revolutionary for sailors and is still us

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records Cyndi’s List: Maps & Geography Euratlas: Historical Maps