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Memorial Day: Remembering Corporal Richard Allen Likely, 1951-1971

Memorial Day: Remembering Corporal Richard Alle...

There is a metal plaque affixed to a bridge over Interstate 90 not far from our home. The text is faded and brief, but the words are haunting. RICHARD ALLEN...

Memorial Day: Remembering Corporal Richard Alle...

There is a metal plaque affixed to a bridge over Interstate 90 not far from our home. The text is faded and brief, but the words are haunting. RICHARD ALLEN...

Remembering an ancestral mother on Mother's Day

Remembering an ancestral mother on Mother's Day

This Mother's Day, I would like to pay tribute to an ancestral mother - my great-grandmother Ella. I never knew her, and neither did my own mother, but we have...

Remembering an ancestral mother on Mother's Day

This Mother's Day, I would like to pay tribute to an ancestral mother - my great-grandmother Ella. I never knew her, and neither did my own mother, but we have...

Interview: ArkivDigital Swedish genealogy tools

Interview: ArkivDigital Swedish genealogy tools

Here is our recent interview with Kathy Meade, the North American representative for ArkivDigital, a Swedish company that provides online access to newly photographed color images of Swedish historical records....

Interview: ArkivDigital Swedish genealogy tools

Here is our recent interview with Kathy Meade, the North American representative for ArkivDigital, a Swedish company that provides online access to newly photographed color images of Swedish historical records....

Review of the Sherman Inn, Ogdensburg: Heaven for history buffs!

Review of the Sherman Inn, Ogdensburg: Heaven f...

Last week, I travelled to northern New York for business. It's also a genealogy hotspot for several maternal branches, Irish immigrants who settled Franklin, Clinton, and St. Lawrence counties starting...

Review of the Sherman Inn, Ogdensburg: Heaven f...

Last week, I travelled to northern New York for business. It's also a genealogy hotspot for several maternal branches, Irish immigrants who settled Franklin, Clinton, and St. Lawrence counties starting...

Why are there no 20 generation genealogy charts?

Why are there no 20 generation genealogy charts?

"Do you have a genealogy chart that goes back 20 generations?" We get questions like this all the time. The answer, unfortunately, is "no." The reason: math. You have two...

Why are there no 20 generation genealogy charts?

"Do you have a genealogy chart that goes back 20 generations?" We get questions like this all the time. The answer, unfortunately, is "no." The reason: math. You have two...

3 top tips for taming "genealogy boxes"

3 top tips for taming "genealogy boxes"

On the EasyGenie Facebook page, we spotted a group of commenters commiserating about the difficulty organizing genealogy research, specifically the piles of "genealogy boxes" containing documents, photos, and heirlooms: Sandy:...

3 top tips for taming "genealogy boxes"

On the EasyGenie Facebook page, we spotted a group of commenters commiserating about the difficulty organizing genealogy research, specifically the piles of "genealogy boxes" containing documents, photos, and heirlooms: Sandy:...