Poland has been on my genealogy wish list for years.   In My Genealogy Sabbatical Year , I wished for two months in Poland and Germany. I...

"If a girl jumps into a briar bush, it is hard to tell which bush scratches the hardest." [1] This birth certificate took my...

Just a quick hello to say I have been enjoying organizing photos and memories for telling more family history stories.  What have...

view of Portage looking southeast One thing I did not expect when we traveled to Hancock, Michigan was the gigantic presence of the P...

As I mentioned in Not Who We Thought We Were , my great, great grandfather may have changed his name from Shailer to Brainard. When I began...

One of my best friends has renewed her interest in researching her family tree. Woo hoo!!! An in person, non-virtual friend...who is actua...

Have you been scrapbooking your family history? Well, actually, I know the answer to that question because I've been creeping on you...

Welcome to our first official Scrapbook Sunday . Today is the day to work on sharing your genealogy work with your family. How you decide...

Have you wondered how to interest your family in your genealogy work? Tomorrow, Sunday, November 20th is the first official Scrapbook Sund...

It's week three of our family history scrapbooking project. Participate or follow along as we complete the Family History Album Class...

The second day of our frenetic visit to New York City found us here:     With my family in tow (in a hired car), I was looking for the ...

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum at 97 Orchard Street has been on my bucket list for a long time. For years as a Third Grade Hebrew s...

It's time for a confession. My children are American mutts. Their mother is an American mutt. My ancestry includes (but is not yet limit...