4. United States Tax Records for Genealogical Research

   April 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 …

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5. Honoring My Great-Grandmother for Women’s History Month

   Here 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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6. UK Census Day 2021

   21 March 2021 is Census Day in England (and the rest of the UK)! This will be a great resource for future genealogists! While the US Census is authorized by the Constitution in order to determine taxes and the allocation of the number of representatives for each state, the UK doesn’t have that.¹ So what is the purpose of the UK Census?

   The …

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