As author Doug Tattershall reminds us in the Introduction to his new book, Storytelling for Genealogists: Turning Family Lineage into Family History, “We work hard to discover our family tree. But what we [and the people we are writing for] really want to know is our family story.” To put it bluntly, if you want[…]Read more
Genealogical.com attended the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference from October 4-6, at the Maritime Conference Center in Baltimore Maryland. Other exhibitors in attendance included My Heritage, Family TreeDNA, various DNA experts and contractors, and several genealogical societies from Pennsylvania and Maryland. Genealogical.com author Roberta Estes delivered several lectures, pinch hit for an ailing speaker in[…]Read more
One of the reasons millions of Americans—and especially descendants of New England colonists—have royal ancestry has to do with inheritance practices of western European nations. As Gary Boyd Roberts explained in the Volume 19:3 (2018) issue of American Ancestors Magazine, “Younger sons or daughters of kings (who are entitled to nothing) become or marry nobles,[…]Read more
Between 1997 and 2024, Genealogical.com published the nine-volume series, Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, by Dr. David Dobson. We are delighted to present those books in a new, fully indexed, consolidated edition. Although Scottish soldiers could be found in the Americas during the seventeenth century—oftentimes originally transported as prisoners of war and subsequently recruited into[…]Read more
Amy Crooks writes the Blog, “Untangled Family Roots.” Her October 12, 2024 posting featured a review of The Complete Guide to Family TreeDNA, by Roberta Estes. As you will see, Amy was taken with this our new guidebook and recorded her assessment as follows: “Hey there, fellow genealogy enthusiasts! Some of you likely saw my[…]Read more
We’ve written previously about our new guidebook, The Complete Guide to Lineage Societies, by Dr. Kimberly Nagy. In scarcely 80 pages, Dr. Nagy tells you everything you need to know if you’ve ever wondered about becoming a member of a lineage society. She begins with a description of what lineage societies have in common, what[…]Read more
“Tree Talks” is the celebrated quarterly of the Central New York Genealogical Society. In a review for the August 2024 issue, Joyce Cook, a former editor of the magazine, refers to Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, by Drew Smith, as “a road map for basic genealogy research, a clearly[…]Read more
As we have noted previously, New York in 1698: A Comprehensive List of Residents, Based on Census, Tax, and Other Lists, by Kory L. Meyerink, represents a masterful effort to reconstruct a comprehensive census of the inhabitants of the New York Colony in 1698, many of the original returns of which have been lost to[…]Read more
Genealogy is about solving puzzles. Who is related to whom? Who was my immigrant ancestor? How far back in time can I go? Do I have a famous ancestor? And so on. Family history is different. If you want others to learn about where you and they came from, you must command their attention. As[…]Read more
MY GPC LIBRARY, our eBook subscription program, consists of about 800 eBook titles and growing. Subscribers can look for names or places across all our eBooks–not just book by book—in a single search. The platform allows you to set bookmarks, make notes, and add citations as you work. Because you will have access to the entirety[…]Read more
