Genealogy Roundup, August 28
In this week's Roundup: a heartwarming tale of an unexpected friendship, a fresh perspective on research, and more!
Shiny Object Ancestors: The Ones We Can’t Resist
AI-generated image of the “shiny object ancestor” experience [...]
How I Found my Elusive John Murphy
The Deadly Trail that Finally Revealed a Phantom Branch of [...]
Genealogy Roundup, December 20
In this week's Roundup: The plan to destroy historical wills, unusual obituaries, a tool for locality-based research or studying particular clusters of people, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, December 13
In this week's Roundup: Connecting Holocaust survivors with family they lost, a happy ending for a lost ring, and more.
Genealogy Roundup, November 29
In this week's Roundup: The Maryland Motherlode: Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Naturalizations
Genealogy Roundup, July 19
In this week's Roundup: The impact of AI on genealogical research, researching enslaved people in newspapers, and much more.
Genealogy Roundup, June 14
In this week's Roundup: The DPAA starts a multi-year "hellship" accounting project, honoring legacy in broken families, Fort Johnson named in honor of Sgt. Henry Johnson, unclaimed persons, and much more.
Genealogy Roundup, May 31
In this week's Roundup: A soldier missing almost 80 years to be laid to rest
Genealogy Roundup, March 29
In this week's Roundup: Useful search tools for genealogical research, plus an update to the article about nameless English singing girls arriving in America in 1890