Timelines are one of many tools a genealogist can use to display evidence in the determination of proof arguments. This lecture ex [...]

This lecture explores the rich resources found within courthouse walls and examines how these records can add to the genealogical [...]

A case study set in the early 1800s demonstrates methodology for using autosomal DNA test results to help solve longstanding genea [...]

With billions of indexed records available online, what methodologies should the researcher employ to best leverage these resource [...]

Federal records offer genealogical gold with both direct references to our ancestors and rich contextual background information. B [...]

There's a difference between searching and researching, and understanding how the law impacts records and research is critical to [...]

Thomas Stone left few records when he died in 1791 in Prince William County Virginia. No document or reference names his parentage [...]

Swedish taxation records, a head tax of individuals between the ages of 15 and 63, are some of the oldest extant records of the ru [...]

A Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known record provides his specific birthplace or [...]

The genealogical proof standard requires reasonably exhaustive research in solving ancestral-identity problems. DNA evidence is no [...]

Developing those good, er, successful research habits takes planning, time, experience, and patience to be effective. Learn steps [...]

Every ancestor, at every moment, occupied a specific, physical location. Maps decode and amplify the significance of those locatio [...]