by Katie Rebecca Garner | Nov 6, 2026
Because veterans of wars prior to the 20th century lived long ago, learning their stories involves digging up old records. Veterans of more recent wars are still around to tell the stories. WWII is in between. Some veterans are still alive but are very old. Some that...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Oct 30, 2026
Pennsylvania can claim to be the birthplace of the United States, as that was where the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention were held, which brought us the Declaration of Independence and later the United States Constitution. Delaware was the first...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Oct 23, 2026
As Halloween approaches, people are putting up spooky decorations (which may or may not be related to death or the undead) and planning to visit haunted houses. Halloween is also the perfect time for genealogy: the research of dead ancestors. The ideal record type for...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Oct 16, 2026
Everyone in my family loves chocolate – some claim to be chocoholics. When I randomly found a Hershey/Hirschi line in my FamilySearch Family Tree, I began to claim that “chocoholism” ran in the family. However, I could never easily find this Hershey/Hirschi line...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Oct 9, 2026
Along with its huge collection of newspapers, another important source of genealogy records GenealogyBank offers is the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). This is a database of people with Social Security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security...
