Recently Sue from Elk Grove, Illinois wrote in with a question about what to do when records were lost due to fire (or...
What to Do When Genealogy Records Were Burned
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NGS 2015 Genealogy Conference Program Now Available
The FULL program and registration brochure for the next National Genealogical Society conference is now online. Browse...
Read History As It Was Written via Chronicling America
If you research ancestors in the U.S., you've probably already used the Library of Congress' Chronicling America...
Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 172: NEW Book Club
Episode 172 of the free Genealogy Gems podcast is now available for your listening pleasure! This is a big episode you...
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 115 Features 10 Cool Things You Can Do With Evernote
If you're a Premium member on our site, you can now access Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 115, "Newspapers,...
New Editions of Old Papers Now at the British Newspaper Archive
More than 8.5 million newspaper pages from 1710-1954 are now available to search at The British Newspaper Archive....
12 Things You Can Find in Obituaries
Recently I decided to learn more about my great-uncle Paul McClellan, my grandfather's brother. After World War II,...
German Newspapers in America: Read All About Them!
Do you have German roots in the U.S.? Have you ever looked for them in newspapers? The folks who run Chronicling...
240K New Pages Now Online at the British Newspaper Archive
Here's a headline-worthy announcement! In the past month, 240,000 extra pages from 1790-1954 were made searchable at...
