In my genealogy travels, I recently came across a database that has changed the way I look at my close family tree. My grandmother,...

I snapped some photos of the documents with my phone and posted them to one of my favorite Facebook groups, Genealogical Translations.

Read this and be reminded why sometimes the research we need is right in front of us.

A brief summary on a recent presentation attended on JewishGen at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston.

The new information I learned about my great-grandfather when I called my 90-year-old first cousin once removed.

Read about how using new methodologies led me to overcoming brickwalls and finding the ship manifests for my 2nd great-grandparents.

The third installment in searching for my 2nd-great-grandmother Paia and her family. Highlights resources to conduct Jewish genealogy.

Like many others, I grew up with stories of my family. These stories are priceless, and I implore anyone engaging in family research to...

This series of posts has been a long time coming. I can't predict how many parts there will be, as I keep uncovering one discovery after...

How I solved a DNA mystery within my own family tree.

In my last post, I discussed how I used FamilySearch to find more relatives connected to my grandfather. The last name "Tanawer" was...

Genealogists are constantly learning. If any genealogist ever tells you he or she knows it all, walk away. I have found that...

As a genealogist, I explain to people how I utilize genetic genealogy to trace family and solve DNA mysteries. In honor of...

As a genealogist, a question I find myself fielding often is "What can you do?" This isn't an accusation; rather, it's curiosity into...