Genealogy Gold by Ancestral Findings

You find your ancestor living with the family in one census. Ten years later, that person is gone. There's no obvious death record. You can't find another marriage. You don't see evidence of a move...

19 Aug 13min

Oklahoma became the forty-sixth state on November 16, 1907, but its story began long before there was an Oklahoma Territory, an Indian Territory, or even a United States. Native peoples lived througho...

14 Aug 15min

Oregon became the thirty-third state on February 14, 1859, but its history reaches far beyond statehood. Indigenous peoples had lived throughout the region long before Europeans arrived, with communit...

12 Aug 9min

South Dakota joined the Union on November 2, 1889, the same day as North Dakota. South Dakota is traditionally listed as the fortieth state, but no one knows which Dakota was admitted first. President...

10 Aug 11min

When an ancestor dies, most genealogists know the usual records to search. There's the death certificate, obituary, cemetery record, gravestone, probate file, and perhaps a church burial record. B...

8 Aug 13min

Pennsylvania's history reaches far beyond the founding of the United States. Long before Europeans arrived, the region was home to the Lenape, Susquehannock, Erie, and other Native peoples. Rivers suc...

7 Aug 13min

South Carolina is one of the original thirteen states, but its history began long before the first European settlers arrived. Native peoples had lived throughout the region for countless generations, ...

5 Aug 18min

August can be a funny month. Summer is still here, but it is beginning to wind down. The children and grandchildren are getting ready to return to school, vacations are coming to an end, and some of t...

3 Aug 14min