Read All about It: William Martin Goes Yukon!
What do you do when you can’t find records from the usual sources: birth, marriage, death, and census? Of course there are plenty of other places to look, including land…
Family Stories—Making Resilient Children!
“The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: develop a strong family narrative.” “The more children knew about their family’s history,…
Ancestry Hack #1: Follow That Census Taker!
Martinstown, County Meath, Ireland, August 18th, 1831. SIR, I have been favoured with two copies of your circular on the census of the population. I would wish to know what…
Find Your Family: Around Cape Horn and Back Again!
Ebenezer Darling was born in Thompson, Connecticut in 1818. He grew up around textile mills, began working in them as a boy, and by 1847 co-owned the Drake and Darling…
Tell It with a Clerihew!
Mr. John Brack, He loved his land and his little stone shack. When Lord Charles Domville tried to evict him, Each time wily John managed to trick him. That is…
Great-grandmother Was Illiterate / a Convict / Married Seven Times!
We solemnly and sincerely promise to make our mutual love the one sacred aim of our life to cherish, to keep in all places, at all times, in all ways,…
Penmanship Speaks: Mary, Mary, Mourns Her Baby!
“Then the child opened its eyes, and looked up into the angel’s beautiful face, which beamed with happiness, and at the same moment they were in heaven, where joy and…
5 Tactics to Make That Census Talk!
This case was a real stumper: too many witnesses telling too many stories. Somebody needed to get to the bottom of it. It looked like I was that somebody. I…
Get It Out There: Around Cape Horn and Back Again!
When you’re looking for ways to get your story out there, don’t overlook local newspapers, historical newsletters, and other small publications. A few years ago, I was invited to write…
William S. Martin Goes Yukon! by Magisto
Grab your popcorn! It’s movie time! Everybody loves a movie. And a movie makes a great calling card to introduce Great Uncle William (fill in ancestor here) to the rest…