(This article was originally prepared for the New England Historic Genealogical Society website, American Ancestors, and is reproduced here with the permission of the author.) Of about one-third New England, one-third mid-Atlantic, and one-third Southern ancestry, George Herbert Walker Bush was the first U.S. president probably related to over half of the American people—at least[…]Read more
Month: January 2019
“The City Directory: A Genealogical Gold Mine,” by William Dollarhide
City directories may be one of the most underused genealogical sources available. Old city directories exist for virtually every community in America, often going back to the establishment of a community. Many of the privately published city directories date back over a hundred years, and some of these collections are complete for every year in[…]Read more
REVIEWS OF 4TH EDITION OF The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy
If you buy your genealogy books on Amazon.com, we encourage you to read the reviews posted there pertaining to the new 4th Edition of The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy. Most of them are written by users/readers of the 4th edition, and generally speaking, they sing the praises of the first new edition since 2000.[…]Read more