How branches and streams can help you in genealogy, specifically in the Appalachian Mountains or rural areas ...

The number of people learning more about their families and heritage through genealogy increases year to year. According to FamilyTree.com, genealogy is the second only to gardening as the most ...

Genealogists are often telling me some of the good things they have done as well as some of their mistakes along the way. Family Tree magazine recently quoted a reader who said, “Don’t delete stuff ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Library of Virginia will be holding an intermediate genealogy workshop in early May, shining a light on little-known records some might overlook while digging into their ...

Considering a trip to the old ancestral homeland? If so, there’s an upcoming local presentation that you won’t want to miss. It’s “Genealogical Research Tours: A Check List Before You Go,” scheduled ...

I’m asked from time to time how to access old genealogy columns or queries that have been published in the newspaper. There are several ways to do this, none of them foolproof. Using a computer, there ...

The Bristol Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Inc. will hold its monthly business meeting on Oct. 18. The meeting will be followed by a presentation at noon, which is free and open ...