by Katie Rebecca Garner | Aug 29, 2025
A good researcher will combine evidence from multiple sources to get a picture of what life was like for their ancestors. One such resource is an online collection of newspapers, such as GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives. Newspaper articles, especially...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Aug 22, 2025
I’ve been verifying the lineage on a few of my ancestral lines. I’m going through the Garner line for a lineage application to First Families of Pennsylvania. I’m going through the Herr line to prove descent from Reverend Christian Herr, a prominent Mennonite leader...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Aug 15, 2025
If you have German American ancestors, understanding the practices discussed in the last blog will help you know what to expect when researching them. This blog will discuss research strategies and where to find records based on these practices. Research strategy We...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Aug 8, 2025
One of the more interesting projects I embarked on this week was that of Mary J Wakeman-Saunders-Powers-Gordfrey-Gray-Lindley-Crowther-LePage. Yes, that is eight married names and sadly, no maiden name.[i] I initially found her in a newspaper article on the...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Aug 1, 2025
Many Americans have German roots somewhere in their family tree. Until recently, German Americans largely stuck to their own communities in the New World. Their practices affected how their records were created, which we must remember as we research them. This blog...
