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Family Stories
May 30, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 3 min read

Memorial Day: Remembering Family Members Who Gave Their All

As our country remembers those who have founght and died for our freedom, I wanted to share stories of two

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Family Stories
May 27, 2016 Dana 6 Comments 3 min read

“To Rescue from Oblivion”

My 6x great grandparents, Cornelius and Phebe (Ward) Vincent, both fought for freedom during the Revolutionary War. Over 100 years

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Family Stories
May 18, 2016 Dana 6 Comments 7 min read

May I Introduce You to… Me!

Recently, Michelle Ganus Taggart of A Southern Sleuth interviewed me for GeneaBlogger’s “May I Introduce You to…” series. With permission, here is

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Case Studies
May 10, 2016 Dana 7 Comments 2 min read

Finding Two “Missing” Children from the 1910 Census

The 1910 census lists Elizabeth C Merrill, wife of Norman B Merrill, as a mother of 6 with 4 still

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Family Stories
May 6, 2016 Dana 9 Comments 1 min read

It Appears the Mother Lied on the Death Certificate

I have chosen not to share the names of these family members for privacy reasons. The “he” in this post

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Case Studies
May 2, 2016 Dana 12 Comments 1 min read

Google Books Finds: Including an Article with Four Photos!

I have used Google Books in the past, but after listening to a Genealogy Gems podcast by Lisa Louise Cooke

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Family Stories
April 30, 2016 Dana 6 Comments 1 min read

SNGF: Lifespans of My 2nd Great Grandparents (My Average: 68 Years)

Randy Seaver, at Genea-Musings, posted this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. This week, we are looking at our great,

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Research Tips
April 28, 2016 Dana 8 Comments 0 min read

Help Needed: Printing Newspaper Articles that Look Like Newspaper Articles

I’d like to make a “scrapbook” of newspaper clippings I’ve found that relate to my family. I’d like the clippings

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Family Stories
April 27, 2016 Dana 6 Comments 3 min read

Were You in the Newspaper and You Didn’t Even Know It?

Have you ever looked for yourself in the newspaper? I always thought I was “never” in the newspaper – except

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Family Stories
April 22, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 4 min read

Bandwagon: An Incredible Photo

I was pleasantly surprised to get the following message from another Ancestry.com member: I have a photo from my mother’s

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