August is reminding us that the summer is coming to an end. Meaning that for me it is time to look over all my different

Helping Others Can Have Unexpected Benefits This is Part Two on the Search to Break a Brick Wall Orlan Smith, of our local genealogy group, was

Helping Others Can Have Unexpected Benefits By Finding Your Own Ancestry Records This month’s column is about the benefits of helping fellow genealogists (or those

Irish Ancestry Records And How to Find Them In March I often think St Patrick Day. I know that I have Irish ancestors because my

Name Changes over Time And How to Find Them Most people seek to find who their first known ancestors in North America are and where

Looking at the Living Relatives And Where to Find Them This is the start of a new year for genealogical research. I am suggesting that

Your Family’s Vital Records and where to find them. There are many sources that are available for doing research. The problem stems from either not

Did You Really Read the Records? This month’s column is about reading early records carefully. One can be overjoyed to find proof of your ancestor’s

Who Is Mary Ann, wife of Stephen Cobb? There is a lone headstone on the side of Aroostook Road 9 miles due south from the

Who’s My Daddy and Who’s My Mommy? By Guest Poster Allen J. Voisine This is what I know of Jean Philippe Lang or sometimes Long