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Recently I have been reading and indexing the beginning issues of the Reading Eagle in early 1868. Several things stick out; the first is the number of railroad injuries, maimings and deaths, reported in almost every issue. It is horrific....

Several curious situations came to light while I was reading an 1868 issue of the Reading Eagle. Many local names were typeset as J. B. Hawley instead of Jesse B. Hawley, possibly to save on typographical overhead. Initials instead...

Finally, Ancestry has posted a list of Delaware, Nevada and the District of Columbia available for searching in the 1940 federal population census. FamilySearch has a map that shows Delaware, and Colorado as seachable and Kansas, Utah, Nevada, Oregon,...

When did Great Grandpa die? between the 1860 and 1870 census? during the Civil War? or afterwards? Finding a female headed household in the census in 1870 leads to a presumed name of a deceased husband in the 1860...

The 1940 census has been out for nearly two weeks. I have paged through a lot of pages in and around Louisville, Kentucky looking for relatives. I haven’t found my grandparents yet, but that’s another blog. I have found...

The National Archives and Archives.com pretty much miscalculated demand and ease of use for the 1940 census search site. I don’t know how it went for the rest of you, but the first day was a bust for me....

Easter is April 8th this year, a joy, a holiday. Holidays create family atmosphere like nothing else. A break from routine, holidays are a time of gathering of the clan and rejuvenating of spirits. Some holidays are set dates:...

I am the only person in my immediate family interested in family history, genealogy or research. However, all of us are interested in playing Can You Top This, or I remember when we lived in…, Do You remember when...