Check out the program Ancestors. This is a genealogy series on Brigham Young University TV network. There are 23 episodes. You can also watch on your computer. They were done

Don’t be surprised to find the same vital record listed in more than one town, especially in Massachusetts. I’ve seen it in Maine also. A person could die in one

Don’t just look at transcribed indexes! The transcriber may not have been able to read the writing or the original is in bad shape. I’ve seen people included in a

In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (www.ncptt.nps.gov) has 158 articles, with pictures, on headstone repairs and cemeteries etc. Association for Gravestone Studies has a list of over 100

Effie, is not a name in itself, it can be a nickname or shortened version for Euphemia, Hephzibah, and even Evelyn. It means well spoken. It was fairly popular in

Gleanings from the Weekly Genealogist… The Atlantic had an article on the King’s Daughters or Filles de Roi. French genealogy in Quebec is so well documented that professional geneticists and

Gleanings from Ray Hildebrand’s talk and our discussion afterward… If you know what port of embarkation your ancestor left from to go to war…do a little research. Headquarters Port of

The Maysville Museum has an honor roll Some of the names on it are McGlauflin. A lady at the open house said they were her relatives. She said when you

Don’t forget that people may have been buried on the grounds of VA hospitals (Togus has a cemetery}, mental institutions, sanitariums, and prisons (Maine State Prison has one}. Some people