The seasonal holiday has long been associated with gift giving and there is also an increase of marriage proposals around this time. Yet,...

But what if the so called “Traitor” was fighting for equality of religion?...remembered every year in England for 415 years? Guy Fawkes

At Halloween thoughts often turn to ghouls of the past and to witches. The town of Salem in Massachusetts has become synonymous with the...

Let’s say John Smith was born March 24th 1679, Baptized March 31st 1680, Died February 27th 1680 and was buried March 5th 1680. What??

DNA is a powerful tool for genealogists however DNA is not magic. Here are some of the most common misconceptions of DNA testing.

Why restrict access to the Census? ...it may have something to do with the non persecution of The JEDI Knights. May the Force be with you.

The Mayflower: 102 people ... connection to your blood line, here's a spoiler alert 45 of those passengers were dead in first winter of 1620

The further back in time you go, the higher the proportion of the population did not read or write. What has this got to do with Genealogy?

Is your name European?Maybe check this before heading to the record office, so that you don’t go barking up the wrong family tree.

It is also common for immigrants from a small village to say they hailed from a better-known town or city close to their home.

If you don’t include specific dates and the sources where you found this information, the work you have done could be ...deemed unreliable.

When I looked at the back of the photograph, I noticed something.....it looked like a pen stroke.

same ancestors, keep in mind that while they may be related in some way, they are still strangers to you as you are to them.

At every generation, our ancestors passed down records through their DNA. That DNA inheritance is why you have your great- great...

my Grandfather had started our family tree and that he spent hours reading and researching, sometimes my Mum was at it too. Boring!

Imagine this Scenario: I got a call from a woman one day who was most distressed that her father had been hospitalized following a...

At first glance, many documents seem ineligible to the reader. There are tips and tricks to help you read, transcribe, and translate ....

How a subscription to Ancestry.com differs from Genealogy Services.