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...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Jul 25, 2025
Both experienced genealogists and casual hobbyists want to know as much as possible about their ancestors. While there are many discoveries to make, deciding to finish your entire family tree or write a book-length narrative about an ancestor are vague goals,...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Jul 18, 2025
Before the internet and social media, people kept track of community goings-on via newspapers. Local papers could contain everything from election news to community gossip. Newspapers provide obituaries and death notices, marriage announcements, reports of accidents...
by Katie Rebecca Garner | Oct 18, 2022
U.S. Regions: Mid-Atlantic Pennsylvania can claim to be the birthplace of the United States, as that was where the continental congress was held which wrote the declaration of independence and later formed the constitution. Delaware was the first state to ratify the...
