Ancestral Findings

Newspapers.com is a well-known genealogy research website. It includes hundreds of millions of scanned and indexed pages of newspapers from around the world. Lots of people use it. Is it worth your mo...

17 Apr 20237min

Are you looking for some productive genealogy projects to do for April? As the first full month of spring, April offers some interesting and unique genealogy opportunities that just don't fit in as we...

15 Apr 20238min

Much of Vivian Maier's life is shrouded in mystery. What we know of her paints a picture of diversity and unique thinking that led to some of the world's finest street photography. Hers is a tale of a...

14 Apr 202310min

Julian Francis Abele is one of America's very first prominent African American architects and is responsible for the design of the modern campus of Duke University. Here is the story of a remarkable m...

5 Apr 20238min

If you are researching your incarcerated ancestors, or are curious as to whether you have any that you didn't know about before, these are some excellent online resources that can assist you in locati...

3 Apr 20238min

Do you have a black sheep ancestor? Are you sure? There were all kinds of reasons a person might have been incarcerated in times past that seem completely innocent today. Whether you know that you hav...

31 Mar 20237min

Norma Zimmer was a talented soprano singer who found fame in the 1950s in various singing groups. She also landed a job on The Lawrence Welk Show, one that would last for decades, and that made her a ...

30 Mar 20237min

Lawrence Welk was a beloved band leader with a special type of music called champaign music, which the crowds loved. He toured the country with his band and had his own TV show for decades. The son of...

28 Mar 20238min