I am sharing a letter of an Irish Descendant, Father Tom Maloney. He beautifully reflects on the history of Ireland and how it related to his genealogy research and lives of his ancestors.

Legal documents are often researched when documenting for genealogy data. Knowing the meanings of legal terminology can help in research.

I did a LDS Genealogy Resource Presentation at the Tennessee Genealogical Society. I wanted to share my handout with you.

Land records are a transfer of real (not personal) property. Come read more about how land records can help you in your research.

There are many types of land records-title abstracts, land purchases, grant, and more. Land records are typically one of the records kept from the very early days of settlement in an area and may be available when other records are not.

Kindred is a look into the past. Dana, a young African American woman, finds herself, with her white husband,in the mid 1800's slave era sent to save her ancestor from death - so she would be born. This novel very vividly puts us into the slavery era and shows how strong black families survived.

This article in the series on Genetic Genealogy becoming mainstream discusses how classic genealogy can be extended by DNA analysis.

In the last of this series of articles on Genetic Genealogy we discuss geographic projects.

John O. Young (Colonel) was born about 1802 in NC married to Elizabeth Prater born about 1810 in SC. Looking for clues into their ancestry.

These are a list of books about Italian and Sicilian Immigration.