Why You May Be Missing Your Ancestor on the Census at Ancestry.com
By Jan Edwards When you search the census at Ancestry.com, you could miss finding your ancestor. The person you are looking for could...
What Does the Camera Mean on FamilySearch Historical Record Collections?
By Jan Edwards If a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has a camera by the title, it means there are images. If this collection...
Key to Online Researching: Keep on Clicking!
By Jan Edwards Many collections we have access to have more than one image/page and many second images/pages are missed. Take the great...
Finding Evidence of Slavery in the Family
By Robin Foster Photograph taken by Robin Foster Have you ever wondered how to determine if there was an enslaved person or a slaveholder...
Pick a Word to Begin Your Story
By Jan Edwards We love to find stories of our families we are researching. It is so exciting to find a good story. I found the WWI Draft...
Speed Limit 65
By Jan Edwards I was recently on a road trip, and in Oregon the speed limit on the Interstates is 65. I always drive the speed limit, get...