Posts about finding, searching, and using databases for genealogy research, including indexes and abstracts of primary source records.
Maps and genealogy = big topic. So let's narrow it down to the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and its database, the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). How can these federal resources help your [...]
Place Research Tool for genealogy research is the new way to search the huge database of geographical information at FamilySearch. Place Research Tool helps you find standardized information for place names with links to GPS-generated maps, variant [...]
HABS team in 1934 measuring the Kentucky School for the Blind. (Courtesy HABS, Library of Congress) Interested in searching the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) to find a connection between an ancestor [...]
Right now, you are in FamilyTreeNow.com whether or not you want to be. Information about you and other living family members has been aggregated and is available for free. From the Washington Post, an article [...]
