This is a portrait of a family member from our father's side of our family.  Our dad remembers it hanging on the wall of his parents...

As we delve deeper into our genealogy research, we've started stumbling into some interesting stories.  Some are touching, like our gre...

In a previous post , we used U.S. census records to trace the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her immediate family.  Now, we'll turn to...

In keeping with our recent theme of genealogy, and to complement last week's release of the 1940 US census records by the National Archi...

One of the most exciting - and most frustrating - parts of beginning a genealogical journey is delving into boxes full of old family photos....

Being new to the world of genealogy, today's release of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census by the National Archives is an exciting event for ...

Last weekend, we began to search through boxes of old pictures, documents, and mementos that both of our parents inherited from their respec...

Researching our family history has always been on our “we should really do that” list.  Now, thanks to a some recent interest from one of ou...