Town Line is a tiny hamlet in upstate New York near the Canadian border that inexplicably voted to secede and join the Confederacy during the Civil War. No one knows why to this day. Here is the...
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Resources for Tracing Your Canadian Ancestors Online
Are you starting your Canadian genealogy search and aren't sure where to find the good record sources? Here are the top Canadian research sites online.
A Review of Old Fulton Postcards
Old Fulton Postcards is a wonderful and little-known site for genealogical research for people with New York connections. The site is totally free, which makes it even better. It contains over 23...
How Did They End Up There?
Have you ever considered why your ancestors lived where they did? People have been moving throughout human history, but there has usually been a reason. Learning the reason will reveal a lot of new...
Leif Eriksson: The Famous Viking Explorer
Leif Eriksson was the first known European to set foot in North America, approximately 500 years before Columbus. Here's this Viking's fascinating story.
Who’s Who in the American Revolution: Margaret Corbin
Margaret Corbin is not a name most associated with the American Revolution, but she played a very important and unique role in it. Here is her story.
FREE Access to British & Irish Records Between June 22-26 (FindMyPast)
Free access will begin at 4am (EDT) on June 22 and end at 6.59pm (EDT) on June 26 During this time you can enjoy over 1.1 billion of Findmypast’s British and Irish records completely free...
European Censuses
Do you have ancestors who lived in Europe and you want to find out more about them? Consider researching European censuses. Here's what you need to know.
Resource Guide to Canadian Genealogy
Do you have Canadian ancestors you wish to research? Are you wondering where to start? This list gives you five of the best websites for doing Canadian genealogy online.
How to Get the Most Out of a Trip to Your Ancestral Homeland
Have you ever considered going to your ancestral homeland to continue your family history research? You should. Here's why, and how to plan the perfect trip.
Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the Largest Free Genealogy Website
Discover your ancestry on FamilySearch.org, the world’s largest free genealogy website. This in-depth user guide shows you how to find your family in the site’s databases of more than 3.5...
How Did Your Ancestors Celebrate Halloween?
Did your ancestors celebrate Halloween? Here's a history of Halloween from the middle ages in Europe to today in America.
How to Do Everything: Genealogy
Genealogy Book Club Recommendation: Discover your genealogy using the latest methods Thoroughly revised to cover new tools, techniques, and data, How to Do Everything: Genealogy, Fourth...
Passenger and Immigration Research Basics: How to Find Your Ancestor’s Entry Into America
Passenger and immigration records contain a wealth of information on your immigrant ancestors. Here's how to find those records and what you might discover in them.
How the Seven Years’ War led to the American Revolution
History is a continuous rope of causes and effects. The birth of the United States is no different. Our Revolutionary War was the result of battles across the globe between the world’s major...