What is the genealogist to do when the information he’s looking for is not online or in a genealogy book? Short of finding another hobby, it usually means venturing beyond the comforts of home. It may be as simple as going to the local library or archive, but in many cases some overnight travel is[…]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. This new edition identifies over 10,000 Scottish soldiers who served in the Americas. Dr. Dobson has attached a detailed list of Scottish regiments[…]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
Reviewers have praised Elizabeth Shown Mills’s fourth edition of Evidence Explained for its new chapter: “Building a Citation.” Step by step, this tutorial explains the building blocks of a citation and how to layer those blocks to handle today’s complicated online sources. Mills’s tutorial concludes with fourteen universal templates that can be used to cite[…]Read more
The Magna Charta is a royal charter agreed to by King John of England in 1215 that protected a group of barons from false imprisonment, granted them impartial justice, and limited their feudal fees to the King. The Charter was designed to be enforced by a council of 25 barons. “Magna Charta is generally considered[…]Read more
In previous issues of “Genealogy Pointers,” we have pointed out various features of Roberta Estes’ new book, The Complete Guide to Family TreeDNA. We will continue to do so in the weeks and months to come. The book is currently available in e-Pub format and both black-and- white and color print editions. By the way,[…]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
Any researcher who works with he records of turn-of-the-18th-century New York should be delighted to learn about the following new research aid: New York in 1698: A Comprehensive List of Residents, Based on Census, Tax, and Other Lists, by Kory L. Meyerink. Genealogist Meyerink spent over two decades piecing together a comprehensive census of the[…]Read more
Persons looking for Scots-Irish ancestors invariably discover that Ulster church records are a crucial source of information. Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors, by William J. Roulston, is the most comprehensive source in the field. Chapter 2 provides detailed coverage of Church of Ireland, various Presbyterian, Methodist, Moravian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, and Huguenot denominations. Excerpted below are the[…]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
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
In previous issues of “Genealogy Pointers,” we have pointed out various features of Roberta Estes’ new book, The Complete Guide to Family TreeDNA. We will continue to do so in the weeks and months to come. The book is currently available in e-Pub format and a black and white print edition. Based on popular demand,[…]Read more
