Indexes and Abstracts of North Carolina Wills

Prior to 1868, the procedure for proving and recording wills in North Carolina changed on a number of occasions. From the colony’s 17th-century beginnings until about 1795, a will could be proved before the county court of pleas, the quarter sessions, or the governor himself. After 1795, the probate business was left to the county[…]Read more

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PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY. PREPARATION, PRACTICE & STANDARDS (PROGEN PPS) ELIZABETH SHOWN MILLS, EDITOR

Another Glowing [Albeit Funny] Review for PROGEN PPS

We are gratified to have received a consistent stream of positive reviews for Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards (PROGEN PPS), edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills. The latest review, written by Bobbi King for Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, the most widely read genealogy e-zine on the Internet, appeared on September 25.  We’ve re-posted it in[…]Read more

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Columbus Day Savings | Site-Wide 20% Off Sale

[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20_percent_off-180×180.png’ attachment=’5448′ attachment_size=’square’ 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-3olkbp’][/av_image] Get in on the great holiday savings that await you in our Columbus Day Sale!  From today through 11:59 PM EDT, Monday, October 8, 2018, you can order almost any product available at on this website at[…]Read more

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The Moravians in North Carolina

NANCY HART, GEORGIA HEROINE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-08-23-09-33-55.14837aef052df29b5598bac3dba81885c29ca254-223×300.jpg’ attachment=’5589′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/X7Qe1′ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-6bupis’] View Book Details [/av_image] The following account of Revolutionary War heroine Nancy Hart of Georgia is excerpted from our new book, Women Patriots of the American Revolution, by Jack Crowder. Mr. Crowder highlights about 90 women who[…]Read more

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Ireland and Irish Emigration to the New World

Organizing Your Genealogy Project

If you are beginning to accumulate a fair amount of paper in the early stages of your research, it’s probably time to take stock of what you have and how you plan to organize it–even before you enter the information into a computer database–lest you start drowning in an ocean of paper. Our popular author,[…]Read more

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Titles Newly Back in Print!

The very popular treasury of bot mots and wise words from Elizabeth Shown Mills and Ruth Brossette Lennon, Tips & Quips for the Family Historian, is just one of four valuable titles we’ve put back into stock this month. Scroll down to learn if one of them is just the title you’ve been waiting for![…]Read more

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Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary: Unprecedented Biographical Dictionary of Early Virginians

“On May 13, 1607, Virginia’s first colonists came ashore on what became known as Jamestown Island. The next day, they commenced establishing an outpost they called James Cittie or Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the United States. The 104 colonists were unaware that they had arrived at the close of the most severe[…]Read more

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October New Publications from Genealogical.com

Author Vernon Skinner, Jr. has added to his long list of publications, marking him as among the most prolific writing for us. Mr. Skinner has prepared three new titles in his series of abstracts of the Debt Books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland, in this case covering Anne Arundel County. Please read on[…]Read more

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English Origins of American Colonists

RESEARCH TIPS FOR USING COURT RECORDS– FROM 4TH EDITION OF THE RESEARCHER’S GUIDE TO AMERICAN GENEALOGY

For this issue of “Genealogy Pointers” we are once again highlighting sage advice for genealogists from America’s most respected author/teacher Val Greenwood. Below, we have included excerpts of Mr. Greenwood’s recommendations—indicating chapters and page numbers from the 4th edition of The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy–pertaining to immigration and passenger records, Revolutionary War and other[…]Read more

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Michael A. Ports Contributes Third (Mississippi) Addition of 2018 for “Genealogy at a Glance” Series

Only a month or two ago Genealogical.com published new laminated research aids by author Michael Ports covering the states of South Carolina and Tennessee. Now Dr. Ports is back with yet another installment in our “Genealogy at a Glance” series covering Mississippi Genealogy Research. Here is a brief overview of this new publication. [av_hr class=’short’ height=’50’[…]Read more

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