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Genealogy Articles

Below are links to some articles or family histories we've written, or those that we have found informative. 

General

bullet 10 Things I Could Not Live Without - Kory L. Meyerink
bullet50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2008 - Kory L. Meyerink
bullet After the Click, Leave a Message - Effective Use of Message Boards - Natalie Cottrill
bulletCoats of Arms, Family Crests, and Surname Origins - Natalie Cottrill
bulletHow to Get Started on Your Genealogy - Natalie Cottrill
bulletI Want to Work as a Professional Genealogist ... Now What? - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletIs Genealogy an Exact Science?  Donald Lines Jacobus
bullet Involving Family in Your Research - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletLearn about Genealogy and Genealogists for Students and Boy Scouts - Natalie Cottrill, Kory L. Meyerink.
bulletKeeping up With the Joneses, How to Stay Current in Genealogy - Kory L. Meyerink
bullet Medieval Families - Gary Horlacher
bullet Myths in Your Family Tree - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletOvercoming Brick Walls - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletThe Reality Gap - Meeting Everyone's Expectations - Natalie Cottrill
bullet Using Dictionaries in Genealogical Research - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletVarious Country and Ethnic Naming Patterns - Gary T. Horlacher
bulletWhen, Why and How to Hire a Professional Genealogist - Natalie Cottrill

 

Sourcing

bulletTop 13 Genealogy Web sites Preferred by Professional Genealogists - Kory L. Meyerink
bullet Why Bother? The Value of Documentation - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletWhat Should I Cite for Genealogy Sources - Natalie Cottrill
bulletWhat does Primary, Secondary, Original and Derivative Mean - Natalie Cottrill

 

Life Events and Ethnic Articles

bulletAbout the Social Security Death Index - Natalie Cottrill
bulletAdoption Research
bulletAfrican American Genealogy - In Honor of Black History Month
bullet Obituaries: More Than Meets the Eye - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletFive Civilized Tribes Genealogy Are your Ancestors on the Rolls? - Elizabeth Walker

 

Immigration and Emigration

bullet Rediscovering Passenger Lists - Kory L. Meyerink
bullet Sources & Strategies for Determining an Irish Place of Origin - Kyle J. Betit
bulletFinding Origins of Scandinavian who Came to America Before 1870
Gary T. Horlacher
bullet Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives - Tadeusz Pilat, MLS, AG
bullet 18th Century German Emigration Research  
bulletThe Palatine Project
bullet Finding Origins of 18th Century Emigration from Southern Germany
bullet 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.)
bullet Passenger Departure Lists of German Emigrants
bullet Bureaucracy of German Emigration and Its Traces in German Archives
bullet Identifying German Emigrants and Immigrants

 

Military

bulletAbout Military Records - A Primer - Natalie Cottrill
bulletMilitary Records - Finding Your Soldier - Kory L. Meyerink

 

Encyclopedic and Educational Materials

bullet Genealogy's Best-Kept Secret: American Genealogical-Biographical Index - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletCemetery Research - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletEffective Use of City Directories - Kory L. Meyerink 
bullet Education for a New Millennium - Kory L. Meyerink
bullet An Insider's Guide to the Family History Library - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletGenetics - Kyle J. Betit
bulletGoogling Genealogy - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletHearth Tax Lists - Gary T. Horlacher
bulletMassachusetts Vital Records - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletHow to Scan Photos For Archiving - Natalie Cottrill
bulletCare of Tombstones and Cemetery Preservation - Andrea D. MacDonald
bullet Witches in Colonial America - Kory L. Meyerink  

 

Regional - United States

bulletState Census Records in the Mid-Atlantic States - Luana Darby
bullet Research in the Mid-Atlantic States - Kory L. Meyerink
bullet A Primer for New England Research - Kory L. Meyerink
bulletPublished Massachusetts Town Records - Kory L. Meyerink
 


Regional - Germany and Prussia

bullet18th Century German Emigration Research - Gary Horlacher
bullet A Family on the Move: Origins of the Bedillion/Petillon Family - Gary Horlacher
bullet Anatomy of the German Empire 1648-1918
bullet Archive in Baden-Württemberg (in German: Archives in Baden-Wuerttemberg)
bullet Baden-württembergische Quellen zur donauschwäbischen Auswanderung (Baden-Wuerttemberg Sources for the Donau-Schwaben [Hungarian] Emigration)
bullet Before the Parish Registers Start: German Genealogical Sources for the 16th & 17th Centuries
bulletCentury Quest for a Palatine German Family
(Kilmer Family's German Origins) - Gary Horlacher
bullet Finding the Irretrievable
bulletSearch for the Claycomb(e) Family - Gary Horlacher
bullet Genealogical Research in Baden-Württemberg
bullet Genealogical Research in Bavaria
bullet Genealogical Research in Big German Cities
bulletGerman Gazetteers on the Internet - Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA
bullet German Newspapers in Genealogy Research
bullet German Noble Descent in American Family Tradition
bullet German Parish Records. What else is new?
bullet German Research on the Internet
bulletGermans in England, Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA
bullet Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives - Tadeusz Pilat, MLS, AG
bullet Published Sources for German Genealogy
bullet Quellen zur Familienforschung in Baden-Württemberg (Sources for Family Research in Baden-Württemberg)
bullet Successful Genealogical Correspondence and Travel to Germany

 

Regional - Irish

bullet What Does it Mean to be "Irish" ? - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Irish Citizenship - Kyle J. Betit
bulletIrish Research: Suggestions For the Beginner - Kyle J. Betit
bulletIrish Heritage Centres - Kyle J. Betit
bulletNorthern Ireland Selected Resources - Kyle J. Betit
bulletColonial Scots-Irish Immigrants: The Irish Records - Kyle J. Betit
bulletLocate Place Names in Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
bulletIrish Records At The Family History Library - Kyle J. Betit
bulletLibraries & Archives in Dublin, Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
bulletIrish Genealogical Societies and Periodicals - Kyle J. Betit
bulletNew Books for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
bulletTaking a Genealogical Research Trip to Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
bulletUsing the Internet for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Landholding in Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Irish and Irish Immigrant Resources at the Family History Library - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Making a Research Trip to Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Irish Research: Suggestions For the Beginner - Kyle J. Betit
bullet O Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Research - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Locate Place Names in Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Sources & Strategies for Determining an Irish Place of Origin - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Colonial Scots-Irish Immigrants: The Irish Records - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Using the Internet for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
bullet What to Do When Your Irish Parish Registers Start Too Late - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Taking a Genealogical Research Trip to Ireland - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Irish Genealogy Resources at the Family History Library (FHL) - Kyle J. Betit
bullet CD-Roms for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Northern Ireland Selected Resources - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Irish Freeholders, Freemen and Voting Registers - Kyle J. Betit
bullet Irish Civil Registration - Kyle J. Betit
bullet New Books for Irish Research - Kyle J. Betit

 

Regional - Canada

bulletO Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Research - Kyle J. Betit

 

Regional - Central and Eastern Europe

bullet Genealogy Research in Belgium - E. Wade Hone 
bullet Hungarian Census Returns - A description of Hungarian Census Returns at the Family History Library with Instructions for their Use and Translation - Daniel M. Schlyter 
bullet Some Hungarian Christian and Jewish Given Names -  Jared Seuss 
bullet Former Hungarian Counties with Their Former Important Cities and Their Present Locations - Jared Seuss
bullet Hungarian Church Records - Natalie Cottrill
bullet Hungarian Civil Records - Natalie Cottrill
bullet Census Records for Hungary - Natalie Cottrill
bullet Hungarian Gazetteers and Place Names - Natalie Cottrill

 

Regional - Scandinavian

bulletEarly Härad Court Records in Rural Sweden - Carolyn Eccles
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Advanced Danish Research Strategies and Records

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Danish Census of School Children, 1730s

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Researching in the Cities of Denmark

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Danish Naming Patterns

 





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