If you’re a family historian looking for something new to read, relax with one of these terrific genealogy fiction books.
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Food is a key part of the social history of our ancestors. We can connect to our family history through recipes and food traditions.
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Genealogy research burnout happens to most everyone. Here’s 12 tips on how to get your motivation and excitement for researching your family tree back.
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What are your weekend plans? Here’s some links I enjoyed over the week for you!
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What are your plans for the weekend? I’ll be searching probate records and requesting divorce papers for my great grandmother. Here are some links I liked over the week!
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I had an exciting week and hope you had a great week also. Here’s some links to start off the weekend!
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Here’s a few links I liked this week to start off your weekend!
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Happy Friday! Here’s some fun links from the week!
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It’s been a very challenging but important time the past couple of weeks. I took some time off of social media and the blog to reflect. Here’s some of my thoughts on how I can support BIPOC, and some links for the weekend.
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What are your plans for the weekend? I’ll be catching up on some genealogy books I checked out from the library three months ago and haven’t gotten around to yet!
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Do you have any plans for Mother’s Day this weekend? It’s hard to believe it’s already here!
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Happy Friday! Have you jumped on the puzzle craze yet? I just finished a puzzle of the map of London and this weekend will swap puzzles with my parents (from 6 feet apart, of course).
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Try your hand at making your own family heirloom to pass down with these family tree embroidery designs.
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What are your weekend plans?
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How was your week? I had a great Zoom call with a bunch of friends the other day, one of whom told me she met someone who claimed to have traced her ancestry back to Jesus!
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One of the most special experiences of a trip back east a few years ago was getting the chance to go into the house of my 3rd great grandparents, David Middleton and Margaret Ruane.
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It’s Genealogy Day! Here are 10 ways to celebrate this holiday.
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Today I wanted to share the naturalization record of John Ruane (ca. 1825-1900, my 3rd great grand-uncle and the only member of this branch of the family to become naturalized that I’ve found. John’s sister, Margaret, was my 3rd great-grandmother.
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Hello and welcome! My name is Jessica and my goal for this blog is to help you feel the joy of learning more about your family history. I believe that genealogy research doesn’t have to be overwhelming. It should be a fun journey full of learning, from new research strategies and resources to discovering more about who your ancestors were as people to learning about the time period they lived in.
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