Lessons in life often translate to lessons in genealogy. Here’s an example of how digging deeper can have you singing a happier research tune.   The Music of My Childhood When I was a kid I had a million interests (and I still do.) I loved art of all kinds...

Read this genealogy mystery from a Canadian family with French and Irish roots. You’ll see the value of considering varied surname spellings, watching for other relatives in census records, using church records, and compiling clues from several sources to get a...

Using passport applications in genealogy can lead to family history discoveries! See how this intrepid researcher tracked down passport applications that weren’t online. And then see what he learned about the life of a birth mother after she gave up her child in the...