Genealogy Articles
Below are links to some articles or family histories we've written, or those that we have found informative.
General
- 10 Things I Could Not Live Without - Kory L. Meyerink
- 25 Most Popular Genealogy Blogs for 2009 - Heather Henderson
- 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2009 - Kory L. Meyerink
- 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2008 - Kory L. Meyerink
- After the Click, Leave a Message - Effective Use of Message Boards - Natalie Cottrill
- Coats of Arms, Family Crests, and Surname Origins - Natalie Cottrill
- How to Get Started on Your Genealogy - Natalie Cottrill
- I Want to Work as a Professional Genealogist ... Now What? - Kory L. Meyerink
- Is Genealogy an Exact Science? Donald Lines Jacobus
- Involving Family in Your Research - Kory L. Meyerink
- Frequent Questions Asked About Professional Genealogists by Students and Boy Scouts - Natalie Cottrill, Kory L. Meyerink
- Keeping up With the Joneses, How to Stay Current in Genealogy - Kory L. Meyerink
- Medieval Families - Gary Horlacher
- Myths in Your Family Tree - Kory L. Meyerink
- Overcoming Brick Walls - Kory L. Meyerink
- The Reality Gap - Meeting Everyone's Expectations - Natalie Cottrill
- Using Dictionaries in Genealogical Research - Kory L. Meyerink
- Various Country and Ethnic Naming Patterns - Gary T. Horlacher
- When, Why and How to Hire a Professional Genealogist - Natalie Cottrill
Sourcing
- Top 13 Genealogy Web sites Preferred by Professional Genealogists - Kory L. Meyerink
- Why Bother? The Value of Documentation - Kory L. Meyerink
- What Should I Cite for Genealogy Sources - Natalie Cottrill
- What does Primary, Secondary, Original and Derivative Mean - Natalie Cottrill
Life Events and Ethnic Articles
- About the Social Security Death Index - Natalie Cottrill
- Adoption Research
- African American Genealogy - In Honor of Black History Month
- Obituaries: More Than Meets the Eye - Kory L. Meyerink
- Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Are your Ancestors on the Rolls? - Elizabeth Walker
Immigration and Emigration
- Rediscovering Passenger Lists - Kory L. Meyerink
- Sources & Strategies for Determining an Irish Place of Origin - Kyle J. Betit
- Finding Origins of Scandinavian who Came to America Before 1870 - Gary T. Horlacher
- Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives - Tadeusz Pilat, MLS, AG
- 18th Century German Emigration Research
- The Palatine Project
- Finding Origins of 18th Century Emigration from Southern Germany
- Hamburg Passenger Lists & 19th Century Emigration Research (see also Hamburg 1872 Index which is also in the process of being converted and added to our site.)
- Passenger Departure Lists of German Emigrants
- Bureaucracy of German Emigration and Its Traces in German Archives
- Identifying German Emigrants and Immigrants
Military
- About Military Records - A Primer - Natalie Cottrill
- Military Records - Finding Your Soldier - Kory L. Meyerink
Encyclopedic and Educational Materials
- Care of Tombstones and Cemetery Preservation - Andrea D. MacDonald
- Cemetery Research - Kory L. Meyerink
- Effective Use of City Directories - Kory L. Meyerink
- Education for a New Millennium - Kory L. Meyerink
- Evaluating Evidence - Kory L. Meyerink
- Genealogy's Best-Kept Secret: American Genealogical-Biographical Index - Kory L. Meyerink
- Genetics - Kyle J. Betit
- Googling Genealogy - Kory L. Meyerink
- How to Scan Photos For Archiving - Natalie Cottrill
- An Insider's Guide to the Family History Library - Kory L. Meyerink
Regional - United States
- 19th Century Death Records: How Dependable are They? - William B. Saxbe Jr.
- A Primer for New England Research - Kory L. Meyerink
- Published Massachusetts Town Records - Kory L. Meyerink
- Research in the Mid-Atlantic States - Kory L. Meyerink
- State Census Records in the Mid-Atlantic States - Luana Darby
- United States Vital Records - Elizabeth L. Nichols
- Witches in Colonial America - Kory L. Meyerink
Regional - Germany and Prussia
- 18th Century German Emigration Research - Gary Horlacher
- A Family on the Move: Origins of the Bedillion/Petillon Family - Gary Horlacher
- Anatomy of the German Empire 1648-1918
- Archive in Baden-Württemberg (in German: Archives in Baden-Wuerttemberg)
- Baden-württembergische Quellen zur donauschwäbischen Auswanderung (Baden-Wuerttemberg Sources for the Donau-Schwaben [Hungarian] Emigration)
- Before the Parish Registers Start: German Genealogical Sources for the 16th & 17th Centuries
- Century Quest for a Palatine German Family (Kilmer Family's German Origins) - Gary Horlacher
- Finding the Irretrievable
- Search for the Claycomb(e) Family - Gary Horlacher
- Genealogical Research in Baden-Württemberg
- Genealogical Research in Bavaria
- Genealogical Research in Big German Cities
- German Gazetteers on the Internet - Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA
- German Newspapers in Genealogy Research
- German Noble Descent in American Family Tradition
- German Parish Records. What else is new?
- German Research on the Internet
- Germans in England, Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA
- Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives - Tadeusz Pilat, MLS, AG
- Published Sources for German Genealogy
- Quellen zur Familienforschung in Baden-Württemberg (Sources for Family Research in Baden-Württemberg)
- Successful Genealogical Correspondence and Travel to Germany
Regional - British Isles
- CD-Roms for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
- Colonial Scots-Irish Immigrants: The Irish Records - Kyle J. Betit
- Hearth Tax Lists - Gary T. Horlacher
- Irish and Irish Immigrant Resources at the Family History Library - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Citizenship - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Civil Registration - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Freeholders, Freemen and Voting Registers - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Genealogical Societies and Periodicals - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Genealogy Resources at the Family History Library (FHL) - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Heritage Centres - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Records At The Family History Library - Kyle J. Betit
- Irish Research: Suggestions For the Beginner - Kyle J. Betit
- Landholding in Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
- Libraries & Archives in Dublin, Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
- Locate Place Names in Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
- Making a Research Trip to Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
- New Books for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
- Northern Ireland Selected Resources - Kyle J. Betit
- O Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Research - Kyle J. Betit
- Sources & Strategies for Determining an Irish Place of Origin - Kyle J. Betit
- Suggestions For the Beginner in Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
- Taking a Genealogical Research Trip to Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
- Using the Internet for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
- What Does it Mean to be "Irish" ? - Kyle J. Betit
- What to Do When Your Irish Parish Registers Start Too Late - Kyle J. Betit
Regional - Canada
- O Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Research - Kyle J. Betit
Regional - Central and Eastern Europe
- Genealogy Research in Belgium - E. Wade Hone
- Hungarian Census Returns - A description of Hungarian Census Returns at the Family History Library with Instructions for their Use and Translation - Daniel M. Schlyter
- Some Hungarian Christian and Jewish Given Names - Jared Seuss
- Former Hungarian Counties with Their Former Important Cities and Their Present Locations - Jared Seuss
- Hungarian Church Records - Natalie Cottrill
- Hungarian Civil Records - Natalie Cottrill
- Census Records for Hungary - Natalie Cottrill
- Hungarian Gazetteers and Place Names - Natalie Cottrill
Regional - Scandinavian
- Early Härad Court Records in Rural Sweden - Carolyn Eccles
- Advanced Danish Research Strategies and Records
- Danish Census of School Children, 1730s
- Researching in the Cities of Denmark
- Danish Naming Patterns
