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History Mystery #7 from an 1835 stone farmhouse: Readers delivered the solution

History Mystery #7 from an 1835 stone farmhouse...

Nearly three dozen of you tried to guess the object for last week’s history mystery, as well as the text that was partially obscured by rust. You can see a...

History Mystery #7 from an 1835 stone farmhouse...

Nearly three dozen of you tried to guess the object for last week’s history mystery, as well as the text that was partially obscured by rust. You can see a...

Blended Family Chart Kit update: bad news with a silver lining

Blended Family Chart Kit update: bad news with ...

I have some good news and bad news about EasyGenie charts. I’ll start with the bad news. The printed Blended Family Genealogy Kit with Multiple Spouses will be discontinued. This...

Blended Family Chart Kit update: bad news with ...

I have some good news and bad news about EasyGenie charts. I’ll start with the bad news. The printed Blended Family Genealogy Kit with Multiple Spouses will be discontinued. This...

History mystery #7: Strange object in an 1800s farmhouse

History mystery #7: Strange object in an 1800s ...

Another history mystery! The object shown below is mounted on a cellar stairway in a northern New York farmhouse built in the 1830s, although the object may have been added...

History mystery #7: Strange object in an 1800s ...

Another history mystery! The object shown below is mounted on a cellar stairway in a northern New York farmhouse built in the 1830s, although the object may have been added...

Genealogy books that bring ancestors' stories to life

Genealogy books that bring ancestors' stories t...

As many readers know, we love stories. We also want to help others tell the stories of their own families. But how can you tell these stories if there are...

Genealogy books that bring ancestors' stories t...

As many readers know, we love stories. We also want to help others tell the stories of their own families. But how can you tell these stories if there are...

How I almost threw away priceless genealogy papers

How I almost threw away priceless genealogy papers

Recently, while throwing out some old papers so I could reuse folders for tax filings, I made a discovery: a set of priceless genealogy records that I thought had been...

How I almost threw away priceless genealogy papers

Recently, while throwing out some old papers so I could reuse folders for tax filings, I made a discovery: a set of priceless genealogy records that I thought had been...

Free death records from the 1970s

Free death records from the 1970s

A customer recently asked about free death records from the 1970s, after being frustrated by Ancestry and other paid sites that dominate Google. Here's what she asked: "I am trying...

Free death records from the 1970s

A customer recently asked about free death records from the 1970s, after being frustrated by Ancestry and other paid sites that dominate Google. Here's what she asked: "I am trying...