My great-grandfather immigrated to the US in the 1920s with his wife and children, including my grandfather. I have done extensive research on his ancestral lines. Each of my great-grandfather’s ancestors, thus far, were born in England. However, the 1930 and 1940 United States censuses could create confusion. The 1930 census correctly identified his place of birth as well as his father’s place …
read moreSometimes we forget the usefulness of newspapers because physical newspapers aren’t as common anymore. Newspapers can provide information that is not available anywhere else or can produce clues to find other records.
The most common searches in newspapers are for birth, marriage, and death notices, including obituaries. However, newspapers can be full of lots of interesting information from arrests to gardening contest winners and …
read moreAre you looking for someone in a particular census and you can’t seem to find them? It is possible that they aren’t on the census. But before you come to that conclusion, here are some tips for locating someone hiding in plain sight!
read moreApril 15 is typically tax day, and it has me thinking of how taxes relate to genealogical work. Tax records can help trace ancestors, especially those who relocated or lived in times or locations with lost census records. Tax records provide clues to other records, to the person's financial status, and the possibility of probate records. Tax records may also identify an occupation which could …
read moreHere at Lineage Tracer, I want to honor one of my female ancestors as we approach the end of Women’s History Month. But before I do, I want to encourage anyone reading this, to learn about one of their female ancestors. You can read stories already written, you can research their life through genealogical records, or you can ask living relatives to share about …
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