by Katie Rebecca Garner | Oct 2, 2026
Genealogists spend a lot of time searching for – and then studying – death records. This pursuit may seem morbid to non-genealogists, but family historians know the important information death records can provide about your ancestors. To go beyond vital statistics and...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 25, 2026
On a spring evening in 1787, the quiet countryside of Christiana Hundred, Delaware, was shattered by the cries of a violent quarrel. Inside a small farmhouse, Sarah Kirk and her husband, James, exchanged blows that would end with his death and her eventual execution....
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 18, 2026
Many records are created around a person’s death: death certificate, obituary, burial records, probate records. Probate records pre-date many other kinds of death records. When a person dies owning property, the probate process distributes that property among...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 11, 2026
My early childhood memories consist of trips to visit Grandma and Grandpa, and Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa. As I got older, I came to understand that Grandma and Grandpa were Dad’s parents, and Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa were Dad’s grandparents. At some point...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 4, 2026
After the Reformation in Europe, religious freedom was one factor that attracted people to the Americas. State churches in European countries made life difficult for anyone who practiced a different religion. Ironically, religious refugees who settled in certain parts...
