by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 26, 2025
This blog is also posted by GenealogyBank Death certificates hold a wealth of information for family historians, and should be one of the key documents in a genealogist’s search. Photo: Eddie August Schneider’s (1911-1940) death certificate, issued in New York....
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 19, 2025
Having an organizational system for your genealogy helps prevent it from becoming a mess of information. There are different ways to organize things; each person has one way or another that works for them. Just because something works for my brain doesn’t mean you...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 12, 2025
This blog was also posted on GenealogyBank. When the United States was created, the founding fathers decided it was necessary to make a count of the population every decade. The first census was taken in 1790, counting white males and females, other free persons, and...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Sep 5, 2025
I have been transcribing a record from a 1787 murder case. I needed to see such a record for creative writing research. I searched for a newspaper clipping about an execution that took place in Delaware before 1800. I then sent the name of the executed, Sarah Kirk, to...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Aug 29, 2025
This article was also published by GenealogyBank. 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...
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...
