by Katie Rebecca Garner | Jul 3, 2026
Previously in this series, we learned about the history of Revolutionary War pensions and what we can find in them (see links at the end of this article). We will conclude this series by learning where to research pensions, and exploring additional records of our case...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Jun 26, 2026
In my last article, we learned about Revolutionary War pension acts and what our ancestors had to do to get a pension. See: Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Revolutionary War Pension (part 1). In part 2, we will continue by looking at what we can find in our ancestors’...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Jun 19, 2026
In this three-part series, I’m going to discuss a valuable resource for learning about the life of your Revolutionary War-era ancestor: pension records. In this first part, we’ll look at the history and processes of Revolutionary War pensions. American colonists were...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Jun 12, 2026
Typically, a census study of a family in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries means skipping the 1890 census, going straight from 1880 to 1900. A lot more can happen in twenty years than in ten years, so this large gap can be the bane of a genealogist’s...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Jun 5, 2026
When the United States was created, the U.S. Constitution stipulated that a population census be conducted every decade. The first census was taken in 1790, counting the white males and females, other free persons, and slaves. As time went on, information was added to...
