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Must Have Books For the Family Researcher

Must Have Books For the Family Researcher

If you’re going to be researching your family, there are some books that you must have. These are not just the books that I’ve found useful, but books that I’ve returned to again and again. Red Book The Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources contains much need background information on the genealogy resources… read more

Where’s Your Irish From?

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d point out some excellent sources for Irish genealogy research. Ancestry The 24/7 Family History blog article, Irish Database at Ancestry.com points out several of their most popular Irish databases. You must have a WorldDeluxe membership in order to use them, but I usually find at least… read more

Finding Burial Records Online

Family researchers are no longer limited to traipsing through cemeteries in order to find family grave sites and burial information. Now you can find much of that information online.

Florida State Census

Ancestry.com has added five Florida state censuses to their online collection: 1867, 1875, 1885, 1935, and 1945.

FamilySearch Record Search

Researching your family is all about access to information—whether that information comes from family members, state, county or federal records, or the published work of other family researchers. I love to find new sources of information. I especially love to find new sources of information that I can tap from home!