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...
Why Me?
By Jan Edwards I’ve been working in the Family History Center for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints since March of 1994. It...
Genealogy in Balance Versus Juggling
Robin Foster standing in front of the grave of grandmother, Ora Foster (1899-1971), in Mount Glenwood Cemetery, Illinois. By Robin Foster...
Death Certificate Tells Unknown's Fatal Story
Let’s take this death certificate I found today (located at the bottom of this post) while searching in South Carolina. It seems to be...
What Chocolate Taught Me About Family History
Actual photo of the creations at: The Great Unbaked By Jan Edwards Imagine this chocolate truffle, can’t you physically start tasting it...
Choose Your Place to Connect to Genealogy! Just Ask!
We are on all the major social media networks, so you can connect to us in all your favorite places. Ask a research question or share...
Indexers Rock!
By Jan Edwards Thank you INDEXERS! You ROCK! Today was a day of appreciation towards those that spend countless hours indexing! That is...
Power of Two Plus You!
By Jan Edwards After the most amazing month of working as a “power of two,” Robin Foster and I have decided to work together to assist,...
