This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge asked about names that run in the family. I thought the answer would be Noah, Nelson, or John—but my pedigree revealed a different story. Four generations of Hirams made the strongest case.
For years, my Ancestry tree has contained the records documenting my ancestors’ lives—census records, marriage records, deeds, military files, and obituaries. Those records are invaluable,… Read More »Sharing AI-Assisted Genealogical Biographies on Ancestry
Sorting Out the Crawfords of Early Kentucky Do you have a FAN Club for your brick wall ancestor? Have you mapped the Friends, Associates, and… Read More »FAN Club and yDNA
A Probate Notice Reveals a Family Network One of the most valuable genealogical records is often not a census, a will, or a deed. Sometimes… Read More »Mapping the Heirs of Lewis N. Hutchinson
One of the most rewarding aspects of genealogy research is discovering how records from different places and time periods fit together to reveal a family’s… Read More »Piecing Together the Rupert Family
One of the questions I often hear is, “How are you using AI in your genealogy research?” The answer is that I don’t use AI… Read More »Two Ways AI Helped Tell the Story of Julia Harding Hutchinson
One of the most valuable genealogical sources is the family Bible. Long before the widespread registration of births, marriages, and deaths, families often recorded important… Read More »Monday’s Diggings: A Graves Family Bible Record
How did I spend America’s 250th birthday? Working on a genealogy and AI presentation, attending church online, reflecting on small-town Kansas traditions, and planning to end the day with the Boston Pops. 🇺🇸
On July 4, 1776, fifty-six delegates signed the Declaration of Independence, launching an experiment in self-government that continues nearly 250 years later. As we celebrate… Read More »Remembering My Revolutionary War Patriots on America’s 250th Birthday
Matthew Martin Bland built a life on the Missouri frontier through land ownership, business ventures, and family. Follow the story of Matthew, Mary Turner, and their eleven children as documented through census, land, probate, and cemetery records. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HeartlandGenealogy