Slavery: a Lesson in Economics
Warning: This content may be disturbing to descendants of American slaves. Everyone else, please read on. Slavery=Money One of the things I do in my work on a regular basis…
How to Correct Document Transcription Errors
Did you know that when you find document transcription errors on sites like Ancestry and Family Search you can easily request corrections? I want to urge you to follow the…
When The Going Gets Tough, Don’t Give Up!
I did a thing last week. I was extremely frustrated about a search for a birth father I couldn’t quite get to the end of. I had been working on…
An Adoptee’s Search Part Three: How We Solve It
This is the third in a series of blog posts on the journey an adoptee takes to find their birth parents. Read the first post here. Read the second post…
An Adoptee’s Search Part Two: DNA Results Are In!
This is the second in a series of blog posts on the journey an adoptee takes to find their birth parents. You can read the first blog post here. (All names…
An Adoptee’s Search Part One: It’s An Emotional Journey
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the journey an adoptee takes to find their birth parents. (All names will be changed to protect privacy) She…
DNA Testing-Who Should You Test?
Do you wonder if DNA testing other family members will help you in your genealogy research or family search? The short answer is, who you test depends on what your…