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Focus on the Archives: Digital Public Library of America

Focus on the Archives: Digital Public Library of America

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Aug 29, 2023 | Archives, United States

This weekly series provides a view into various archives and their importance for genealogical research. This week’s selection is the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). This digital endeavor started in April 2013 to act as an open, distributed national...
Heraldry, Clans, Coats of Arms and More!

Heraldry, Clans, Coats of Arms and More!

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Aug 28, 2023 | England, Heraldry, Medieval Genealogy, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Heraldry, “the practice of devising, blazoning, and granting armorial insignia and of tracing and recording genealogies”[1], is an exciting practice. Many people who have an ancestral heritage aligned to a clan community may be aware of their clan’s...
How to use the FamilySearch Catalog for Online Research

How to use the FamilySearch Catalog for Online Research

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Apr 2, 2023 | Research Services

A necessary tool for all genealogists, the FamilySearch Catalog describes over two million microfilm records and hundreds of thousands of books and maps. While it only contains descriptions of the records rather than the actual ones, it still proves to be an important...
Beginning Your Genealogy Research: Learn Through Examples

Beginning Your Genealogy Research: Learn Through Examples

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Mar 7, 2023 | Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials, Newspapers, Person Records, Texas

One of the best ways to learn genealogy research (second to practicing yourself) is through the accuracies, errors, and methods of other genealogists. Examples of genealogical research can be as simple as the finding and analysis of a certain record, to the research...
Beginning Your Genealogy Research: The Research Plan

Beginning Your Genealogy Research: The Research Plan

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Feb 6, 2023 | Person Records, Research Services

So, you’ve successfully completed the first step in beginning your genealogy research and conducted an interview with one of your relatives, but how do you use the information you’ve gathered from the interview to begin your research? This next step is where...
Beginning your Genealogy Research: The Interview

Beginning your Genealogy Research: The Interview

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Jan 17, 2023 | Person Records, Research Services

This blog post describes the first step in uncovering your family history which often begins with a simple, yet meaningful interview. The process of this type of communication will open the door to the world of genealogy and reveal just how beautiful and unique your...
A Beginner’s Guide to Researching Scotland Census Records

A Beginner’s Guide to Researching Scotland Census Records

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Jan 11, 2023 | Census Records, Scotland, United Kingdom

Genealogy research using census records has long been one of the most valuable types of research in genealogy, but only if you know how to use them. Every family historian, from seasoned professionals to genealogy rookies, learns the importance of adding census...
U.S. Military Records for 20th Century Conflicts

U.S. Military Records for 20th Century Conflicts

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Dec 5, 2022 | Archives, Military Records, Research Services, United Kingdom, United States

This final section of our series on American military records focuses on the four conflicts (detailed by the National Archives) which occurred during the 20th century in which American service members and volunteers fought. This blog post will provide brief summaries...
November Series: Military Records for 19th Century Conflicts

November Series: Military Records for 19th Century Conflicts

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Nov 25, 2022 | Archives, Military Records, Research Services, United Kingdom, United States

This second section of our November series on American military records focuses on the conflicts which occurred during the 19th century in which American service members and volunteers fought. This blog post will provide brief summaries of each conflict, links to...

Beginner’s Guide to England and Wales Census Records

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Nov 20, 2022 | Census Records, England, United Kingdom, Wales

Family history, or what we refer to as genealogy, has become a popular global hobby, both in the creation of family trees and in genetic discoveries (DNA testing). Ancestry has 3+ million paying subscribers and over 125 million family trees, with DNA testing available...
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