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Good news is meant to be shared. Marriages are generally considered to be good news. Marriage records are a holy grail of genealogical research because they give up the maiden name (usually) of the bride, and possibly the parents...

What’s only a date for your files, is a sad life event for the family. Genealogy is more than just dates and we sometimes forget that. Last week a friend of a good friend of mine passed away. The...

Researching Browns Sometimes it can’t be helped, while researching you come across a Brown line, a Wilson line or worse a Smith, Jones, or Johnson line. There it sits, blocking your way to more easily researched lines and relations....

Which was most likely, widowhood or remarriage? It was partially an economic decision. If a widow had enough wherewithal to stay put in the house or on the home farm, she did, especially with younger children for whom she...