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The Family Bible Preservation Project does great work in getting non-standard genealogical sources indexed and connected to the records of the people recorded. They also issue interesting and fun genealogical challenges - usually finding someone...

I received a phone call on my cell phone recently.... with so many spam calls, I was expecting it to be annoying, but instead it was a kind voice, apologetic, letting me know she might have a wrong number... She was looking for a friend, Janet...

On Thomas Jefferson's grave marker, his birth date is shown as "BORN APRIL 2, 1743 O.S." What is this "O.S."?...

When doing genealogical research, it is not uncommon to come across information that is protected under copyright law. While government documents and very old information that is no longer covered by copyright make up a large part of genealogical...

Genealogy is everywhere we look... on our first of many "pandemic walks" with family, we encountered a large plaque attached to an even larger rock in a newly opened public green space. The plaque reads: The Seven Branches area got its name from ...

How do we best present old photos? Do we "restore" or keep as we found them?...