Census and Racial Identity
The New York Times had a great piece a few days ago about the 2010 census and racial and ethnic identity. One of my husband’s lines in nineteenth-century Virginia listed as mulatto. By the time they reach Kansas [...]
The New York Times had a great piece a few days ago about the 2010 census and racial and ethnic identity. One of my husband’s lines in nineteenth-century Virginia listed as mulatto. By the time they reach Kansas [...]
Vikings, the Isle of Man, and DNA reports on a new project to trace Manx ancestry. The University of Leicester are using DNA tests to trace Manx ancestry back to the Viking era. My elderly [...]
This Guide to FamilySearch Marriage Records comes from Leland Meitzler. He published this summary of the U.S. marriage records now up at FamilySearch.org. in his Family Roots Publishing Genealogy Newsline, vol. 1, no. 3 from [...]
Kathy Reed of Jones Family Matters was nice enough a few weeks ago to give this blog an Ancestor Approved Award. So here is My Ancestor Approved Genealogy Blogs and Sites list. The Ancestor Approved Award was created [...]