If you’re stuck in your research, you might want to consider writing a query. For those who might not know, a query is a request for information about an ancestor. Queries can be found on websites, blogs, journals, social media pages, genealogical newsletters, conference programs or query boards, lineage society publications, and other genealogically related communications.
Notre belle langue française s’en va vite en p’tit pepére dans la Vallée Saint-Jean. Ont est rendu quissement au boute. Comme disent les anglais, we could be close to the 11th hour.
You most likely have been told that using wildcards can be helpful in genealogical searching. But, do you know what they are and how they work? Did anyone ever explain this to you? Do you wonder if they’d help you? So, let me try to answer these questions for you.
In addition to the “Starch King of Aroostook County,” Thomas Phair, there were two additional family members who contributed significantly to the history of this community.
Brick walls occur frequently in genealogical research. A line you’re researching suddenly comes to an end with seemingly nowhere to go. What to do? Quite often there’s a clue hidden in your research that you neglected or which you thought had no value. Sometimes it’s these clues that open doors to additional paths of research. […]
Each year, June 12 is designated as Women Veterans Recognition Day to celebrate the brave women who have defended our freedom throughout their military service. This year’s observation was especially significant as it marked the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 that gave women the right to serve as permanent, […]
I grew up with a beautiful silver maple tree in my front yard. One of its branches sat just low enough so I could hoist my 7-year-old frame up to sit atop it. I could look out at the expanse of the yard of my childhood home. To my right, two large maple trees stood. […]
Everyone’s heard of Ellis Island, the gateway to the United States for Europeans, western Asians and some Africans. Unless you live on the West Coast, you may not have heard of the Angel Island Immigration Station, situated in the bay off San Francisco.
To the editor: A good friend of mine from out of state visited me a couple of days ago after some 25 years of “no see.” The two of us, being of the same age (80), talked about life, the old days, politics, religion and — naturally — women. We agreed on the subjects of […]
To the editor: United we stand, divided we fall. When you have both parties pointing fingers at one another, nothing gets done in Washington. Either party will say anything in order to stay in power. Accepting bribes from “special interests” is what politicians seem best at. Under President Biden’s watch the “debt ceiling” has gone […]
