The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution is the first of three so-called Civil War amendments, added to the Constitution right after the end of the war, to ensure the former slaves maintained...
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Marriage Bonds: A Closer Look at Marriage Records #2
Marriage bonds are more common than marriage licenses in early colonial marriage records. Licenses didn’t become common until the mid to late 1800s. Bonds were usually used prior to that. This is...
Arthur Middleton: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Arthur Middleton was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Also, he was a politician in South Carolina, an accomplished student, a man who studied law, a rice plantation owner, a husband, and...
Alternative Sources of Records: A Closer Look at Cemetery Records #4
If you are looking for cemetery records and can’t seem to find them anywhere, there are a few good alternative locations you can look. There will be times when the records just do not exist or are...
Municipal Sources of Records: A Closer Look at Cemetery Records #3
If there is no obvious place to look for cemetery records, such as an office at the cemetery or a church attached to it, there are other places in a city or a town you can look. In fact, there are...
5 Ways to Get Young Children Interested in Genealogy
The best way to get kids interested in genealogy is to start when they are young. Here are five ways to do it.
What are the Four Best Free Genealogy Websites?
Here are the four best free genealogy websites you should be using, whether you have access to a membership site or are waiting until you are in a financial position to join one.
Historic Cemeteries: A Closer Look at Cemetery Records #2
If you are researching your ancestors at a historic cemetery, there is a chance there will not be an obvious place you can go to look for cemetery records. A lot of times, those records never...
4 Genealogy Books You Must Have in Your Personal Library
Building your genealogy library for the first time? These are four books you must have in it.
The French and the Fur Trade: Before American Colonization
The French were interacting with North American Natives for a century before the English. Here's how they established friendly relations and learned each others' languages.