As dedicated genealogists, most of us strive to locate every available census record for the people in our family trees. While I’ve made a strong… Read More »Using RootsMagic Groups to Identify Missing 1950 Census Records
After recently working through the task of separating multiple Jeremiah Browning families on FamilySearch in order to restore a family structure that matches an 1831… Read More »Browning Family on WikiTree
While Winifred Mae “Winnie” Hutchinson Currey’s story can certainly be told through a genealogy report or an ABC Biography, it takes on a different kind… Read More »Winnie Currey’s Life in Song and Video
Today’s Monday’s Diggings find is an 1814 Randolph County, North Carolina deed in which Frederick Briles sells land to Ansel Pearce. At first glance, it… Read More »Monday Diggings
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday night again —time for some more Genealogy Fun! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
or this ABC Biography, I’m focusing on my great-grandmother Winifred Mae “Winnie” Hutchinson Currey—a woman whose life was shaped by family, movement, and resilience during… Read More »ABC Biography: Winnie Hutchinson Currey
Frederick Briles Purchases Land from Andrew Hoover (1847) Buried in my BRILES folder is an 1847 deed documenting the purchase of land by Frederick Briles… Read More »Friday Find
I’m sure most of my readers are already familiar with some of the challenges that come with using the FamilySearch shared tree. Recently, while researching… Read More »Splitting a Family
While updating the information I have for my 4th great-grandmother, Rachel Browning Foster, I turned to FamilySearch’s full-text search to look for records that might… Read More »Jeremiah Browning Will
As part of my ABC Biography process, I enjoy exploring creative ways to bring an ancestor’s story to life beyond the written page. For this… Read More »Hiram’s Story in Video and Song