Posts about search strategies, including how to limit or expand searches, and specific tips for searching genealogy sites and Google.
Today's post is about Google Maps and Uncommunicative Records. I only wish I'd thought of this work-around sooner for place research. I've had a love-hate relationship with turn-of-the-(20th)-century Cook County marriage licenses for years now. [...]
In 2010, I started searching for McFadzean ancestors in Ayrshire, Scotland. More specifically, I'm searching for my husband's great-great-grandmother Janet McFadzean Mackie, in Kilbirnie. Her maiden name was spelled McFadden in U.S. records. Initially, when [...]
I searched ArkivDigital's Population of Sweden 1860-1930 database recently. Here's what I found. I'd let my ArkivDigital subscription lapse a while ago. But who can resist a free day at a great resource like [...]
A quick post today on how archivists describe records, which can help your genealogy research. We all know professions have their own lingo, so cracking the code that archivists use can make your searches [...]
