By Robin Foster Guardianship records are one of the unexpected but not so uncommon records that you may discover while searching probate...

By Jan Edwards Just what does that mean? To glean means to extract information from various sources. It means to obtain, get, take, draw,...

By Robin Foster Recently, I went to the Greenwood County, SC Probate Office where I noticed a big red book left out that had not been put...

By Robin Foster Many places like Genealogy! Just Ask! can help you get answers to your genealogy research questions. This does not work...

By Jan Edwards Why do I need to go to a Family History Center Library when I have the interenet at home! Did you know that these...

By Robin Foster In Wills May Determine Slavery in the Family, I discussed how I had reached a point with researching Eliza, the mother of...

By Robin Foster In Finding Evidence of Slavery in the Family, we discussed how oral history and census records can give clues about...

By Jan Edwards If a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has a camera by the title, it means there are images. If this collection...

By Jan Edwards Thank you INDEXERS! You ROCK! Today was a day of appreciation towards those that spend countless hours indexing! That is...