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October 18, 2020

Finding Your Ancestors Using Court Records

Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Palace of Justice, Brussels, Belgium Genealogists rely on a variety of court records for research beyond the popular census and vital record sets. Attorneys who practice law in the court system take years of study to master the...

U.S. Research
September 20, 2020

Resources for the Mayflower Passengers and Their Descendants

Note: This article by James Tanner appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission.   2020 is the 400th Anniversary of the landing of the passengers of the Mayflower. Here is a very short summary of the voyage from Wikipedia: Mayflower. Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today...

Research/U.S. Research
August 23, 2020

The Value of Case Studies in Family History

“Could I have an example, please?” This is one of the most common questions we all have, about almost any subject, whether or not we ask it out loud. Good examples help us connect the dots in our learning. They help us see relationships between pieces of information, how cause and effect works, and how we can apply principles in...

Case Studies/Research/U.S. Research
August 16, 2020

Virtual Family History Escape Rooms

Note: This article by Miles Meyer was originally published in the Miles’ Genealogy Tips blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Hello everyone. We have been preparing for Hurricane Isaias this weekend and now it is a tropical storm. So what do you do when you are waiting on a storm that doesn’t come? You catch up on...

Family History Activities/Research/U.S. Research
August 16, 2020

Spotting and Correcting Errors in an Online Family Tree

Note: This article by James Tanner was originally published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission.   In this post, I will give an example from the FamilySearch.org Family Tree, of an entry that has some basic problems. I will then show how those problems can be identified and, if possible, resolved. This process of talking...

Case Studies/FamilySearch/U.S. Research
August 9, 2020

Genealogical Research: How far back in time can you go?

Note: This article by James Tanner appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Why You Can’t Trace Your Lineage Back to Adam It has been quite a while since I posted this video to the Brigham Young University Family History Library YouTube Channel. The video has had about 4,000+ views but the subject...

Country Research/Records/Research/U.S. Research
July 19, 2020

Pioneers, Across the Years

On July 24, many in the United States will celebrate Pioneer Day, honoring the day when the first wagons of the Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. Amid great persecution, they left their homes and lands and made the Utah desert blossom as the rose. Their stories are well-documented, and you can find many of them on the internet...

Learning/Stories/Technology/U.S. Research
July 5, 2020

Freedom, Family, and Perspective

Several days ago my wife and I watched “Hamilton” in its streaming debut. The music and stage production were, of course, terrific. My wife was more familiar with the songs and dialog, and she finally was able to see the faces and places associated with the words. As I thought about what I had seen, three basic concepts came to...

Families/U.S. Research
June 21, 2020

Where was the event? Where are the records?

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. The questions in the title of this post are two separate but closely related issues. To start, I will repeat a general guideline for all genealogical researchers: The place of an event in an ancestor’s or relative’s life...

Country Research/Records/Research/U.S. Research
May 24, 2020

Memorial Day: Remembering Those We Lost

My brother-in-law, Mark Sargeant, served in the United States Army for over 20 years as a Military Intelligence officer. His duties took him and his family to Arizona, Germany, Georgia, Kansas, and Nebraska. He retired in late 1999 and worked for 10 years for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, assisting with the security of missionaries in Africa...

Memories/U.S. Research
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