Every unique stone placed with love in the fireplace my grandfather built has a story behind it that lives today.
After more than forty years since my grandfather’s death, it is difficult for me to remember much about him. I was only ten, and living half a world away when he died. I didn’t go to the funeral–he simply disappeared that year from my young life.
My Portuguese Origins off the Coast of the China Sea
The mystery of an adoptee's birth family leads her on a path to solve the questions of her history.
It was November 15th and I had just moved into my new apartment. Checking the mailbox with a bit of optimism, I found a single letter addressed to me from a Bill Leitao in California.
Collections, Proceedings, and Publications
Unique collections in libraries and archives across the country offer gold mines of family data, as well as subtle hints for further research.
Collections and collecting! As genealogists and family historians we are experts at building collections.
Computer language programmers in the late 1950s used a four-digit year data field while developing our primogenitor genealogy software. Little did they know they circumvented the "Millennium Bug."
Remember when computers took up entire rooms or whole floors in buildings?
The Battle With Mother Nature
The effects of weather have altered lives all over the world. Historical events like the Chicago fire and the San Francisco earthquake are only two events that remind us that ultimately, mother nature is in control.
The dust storm of southern Idaho that cold, dark Thanksgiving evening in 1954 brought heartache and shock to our family.
Goodbye, Link Sites?
Link sites may be the preferred guide for online genealogical research now, but that's only because you haven't used the new genealgoy search engines.
The day started typically enough. I had my trusty research log by my side and decided to sign onto my Internet account. I went through my normal routine of checking e-mail and going to my favorite link site.