“FAMILY Like branches on a tree We grow in different directions Yet Our Roots Remain As One”

Some thoughts on topics to think about in your own genealogies or topics for future meetings: How many different nationalities are in your family tree? How long was the longest

Earlier in the year the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing to all the American born women who lost their citizenship when they married a foreigner. I have a cousin

The British National Archives are digitizing the diaries of British soldiers from WWI and publishing them online.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was used to keep laborers out of the U.S. before WWII. It was repealed over 70 years ago. The paper trails they are using

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the

When doing your genealogy you should keep in mind the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). Each conclusion about an ancestor must have sufficient credibility to be accepted as “proved”. There are

Most of the immigrants to New England came in a 20 year time frame from 1620 to 1640. Although there were some other smaller migrations, apparently by the second decade

The Great Colonial Hurricane of August 1635 was a category 3.5 hurricane that hit New England. There were 22 ft. storm surges with estimated winds of 130 mph. Remember weather

Google Books has tens of thousands of freely available 19th century books and journals. There are also searchable newspaper archives out there. The newspaper archives will probably not be free.