I’ve blogged that one of my ancestors living in the (later notorious) Forsyth County, Georgia had a 14-year-old Black child named Isaac Suthard living on his farm in 1880. I wrote that blog post 10 years ago, and at the time I just assumed that Isaac was a hired hand, in the same way that
Can you help me identify these Cherokee County, GA photos?
I get a lot of my current history knowledge from podcasts, so I decided to start a new series here and on the Genealogy Technology YouTube channel on podcast reviews for genealogists. And I saved the best for first – my favorite podcast, Ben Franklin’s World! Watch my video review here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ6EsPABx4I] I hope
I’ve started a new series of history podcast reviews on this blog and over at the Genealogy Technology YouTube Channel. While podcasts are becoming hugely popular, they haven’t yet – as of this writing – quite hit the mainstream. I still have people asking me “What exactly is a podcast?” And the biggie: “How can
I recently published a two-part video series on how to bust through genealogy brick walls. Just like with any good top 10 list, they get a little more creative as they go along. You can watch the entire series here, along with helpful hints and examples. Or, if you’re in a hurry to finally find
Ancestry hints can be just the thing to break through genealogy brick walls, but they can just as easily lead you astray. Check out my video on what to do before accepting an Ancestry shaky leaf hint into your tree: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CERq44eFsHM&w=560&h=315] To learn more about Ancestry hints straight from the source, check out this
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lvwaHVPAmA]In one of my recent Genealogy Technology YouTube videos, I compiled 7 pro tips for genealogists who are having trouble tracing their ancestors before 1850. That year was, of course, the first year that U.S. Federal Census began listing every family member rather than just heads of household. However, genealogy is about more than
Early on in the year, genealogist Amy Crow of No Story Too Small challenged all blogging genealogists to write about one ancestor per week for 52 weeks. This is my first entry in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. I think it’s fitting that the first ancestor I blog about in the 52 Ancestors
When you see this… And then you see this… And realize there was once a company with some line on an order form somewhere asking: Aha, you want to buy a marriage registry book for your county? How about a nice volume for “Colored” marriages? (The Times-Recorder is Americus, Georgia’s newspaper to this day.) The
If you’re like me you’re grateful when you find a relative in a census or other source holding an occupation anything – ANYTHING – other than “farmer” or “farm laborer.” …But a book I’ve been wanting to read for over a decade and somehow finally just procured has me realizing that – like with just