Year: 2018
Three Great New Books for December
We are closing out the old year with a bang. You will find below brief descriptions of three new books by highly respected authors. Ernest Thode has produced an expanded New Second Edition of his popular research aid, Historic German Newspapers Online. Joseph Lee Boyle, who has compiled a number of books that identify runaway[…]Read more
48-Hour Savings on The Georgia Frontier–Three-Volume Collection of Genealogies
(Introductory price in effect until 11:59 PM, Wednesday, November 21, 2018) [av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/History_octnov_2016-300×197.jpg’ attachment=’5663′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ av-mini-hide=’aviaTBav-mini-hide’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-7vjli5′][/av_image] Following General James Oglethorpe’s initial settling of Europeans from England, Scotland, and the Palatine to the Georgia Colony and the dissolution of the Georgia trustees’[…]Read more
Are Your Related to “Good King Wenceslaus”?
[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9780806361000-223×300.jpg’ attachment=’5619′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/Wo9Ao’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ av-mini-hide=’aviaTBav-mini-hide’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-4h2qc1′] View Book Details [/av_image] Millions of us sing the praises of “Good King Wenceslaus” every Christmas, but how many of us know anything about Wenceslaus the man and the saint. The following account, adapted from pp.[…]Read more
Save Big with our “Genealogy at a Glance” Bundle
6 genealogy-at-a-glance guides in ONE convenient bundle! Only 18 bundles left in stock!Sale Expires 11:59 PM EST, Thursday, December 20, 2018 We have selected six of our outstanding laminated research guides and put them together in one convenient package to address your daily research needs. These six guides cover some of the most important topics in genealogy,[…]Read more
Weekend Book Sales | Three Days, Three Different One-Day-Only Offers
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“Census Substitutes,” by the late Carolyn Barkley
This article originally appeared on our prior website/blog in March 2010. It is reprinted here with minor alterations. In January of 2010, Ancestry.com announced to its subscribers the introduction of the “1950 Census Substitute” and urged us to “discover your parents, grandparents – – maybe even yourself.” Taken at face value, this announcement was pretty[…]Read more
Is Your Genealogy Sustainable?
Genetic Genealogy & the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)
Using DNA to find your family heritage has become an everyday topic of conversation. If you haven’t personally sent a saliva sample in the mail, you know someone who has. And you can barely miss a day without seeing a commercial from Ancestry or My Heritage advertising one of its DNA products. Just a few[…]Read more
“Parish Vestry Books Mitigate Lost Virginia County Records,” by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis
With the transcription and publication of The Albemarle Parish Vestry Book, 1742-1786 [Virginia] the last of the colonial Virginia vestry books is accessible to researchers. Complete with an every-name index for ease in finding persons, this publication represents a boon to researchers searching for ancestors in Surry and Sussex counties, Virginia, as well as neighboring[…]Read more