Break Down Those Brick Walls!
Our course, Skill Building: Breaking Down Brick Walls, will give you research strategies to help you find those elusive ancestors. …
Military Ancestors
Understanding the history and location of wars and conflicts is vitally important when researching your ancestor’s military service. …
Western States Ancestors
There are many stories of the Wild West, pioneer wagon trains, the gold rush, and the industrialization of the western states, including Alaska. Fortunately, there is an abundance of records available for genealogists to search through. …
Grandmothers, Mothers and Daughters
There are many challenges to researching our female ancestors. Maiden names, cultural differences and, name changes during immigration are just a few of the stumbling blocks we come across.…
160,000 Convicts!
The history of British convicts being sent to Australia goes back to 1787 and continued until 1868.
Approximately 160,000 convicts were transported during those years. …